Schmidt v. Schmidt & Erie Railroad

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The plaintiff recovered judgment for $85 against the defendant, before a justice of the peace, for four weeks board and lodging, and issued attachment execution thereon summoning the Erie Railroad Co. as garnishee. Judgment was entered against the garnishee for wages due the defendant amounting to $41.36, under the provisions of the Act of May 8, 1876, P. L. 139. On certiorari to the common pleas the judgment against the garnishee was reversed. We sustain this action, but not for the reason advanced by the learned court below.

The Act of 1876, in our opinion, is not…