Passaic National Bank, C., Co. v. Eelman

The decisive question is whether pension moneys payable to a retired police officer, in semi-monthly installments at the rate of $110.35 per month, from the fund created by and maintained under the provisions of chapter 160 of the laws of 1930 (Pamph. L., p. 334), as amended by chapter 171 of the laws of 1935 (Pamph. L., p. 405), are the subject of garnishment or levy under the special statutory execution to satisfy a judgment standing against the pensioner.

The inquiry is largely one of statutory construction. And these are the pertinent statutes:

Section 34 of the act respecting executions,…