Pacific Coast Adjustment Co. v. Reese

Section 703, Rem. Rev. Stat. [P. C. §8022], exempts from garnishment twenty dollars out of each week’s wages or salary due any person having a family dependent upon him for support, and contains a proviso “that no money due or earned as wages or salary shall be exempt from garnishment in lieu of any other property.” Whether or not this proviso is constitutional, is the sole question presented by this appeal.

Subdivision 4 of § 563, Rem. Rev. Stat. [P. C. §7851], exempts from execution “to each householder” certain designated domestic animals and other property and provides that, in case the…