Shreve v. Western Coach Corporation

CAMERON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the appellant, Leroy Shreve, dba Lee’s Refrigeration, from a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee Western Coach Corporation on a counterclaim for wrongful garnishment.

The sole question presented on appeal is whether an individual who invokes rights granted by an apparently valid statute can be subjected to civil liability when the statute is subsequently declared unconstitutional.

The sequence of events relevant to the present appeal is as follows. On 9 June 1969 the United States Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Sniadach v. Family…