RepublicBank Dallas v. National Bank of Daingerfield

BLEIL, Justice.

RepublicBank Dallas appeals from an order dissolving its writ of garnishment against The National Bank of Daingerfield. The central issue is whether the funds in a joint checking account subject to the order of any one of four people can be garnished for the debts of one of them. We find that RepublicBank cannot garnish the funds in the joint account involved in these proceedings because the judgment debtor’s ownership interest in the account is no more than bare legal title. Thus the trial court properly dissolved the writ of garnishment.

RepublicBank has a final judgment…