Mid-West Collection Bureau v. Dietrich
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. W. N. Gemmill, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barnes
This appeal is from an order discharging a garnishee upon the ground set up in the latter’s answer that the judgment debtor is entitled to legal exemptions as a wage earner. Whether the judgment debtor was a wage earner under the Garnishment Act was the only question at issue. He was employed by the garnishee as a bookkeeper, performing no physical or manual labor except to carry to and from the office vault the particular books he worked upon as bookkeeper. The sum of $35 was due from the garnishee for his services at the time of its answer.
On these undisputed facts appellant requested the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Matter of StrykerNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Massie v. CessnaIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Epps v. EppsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1885
- Dickinson v. HahnAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
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