Sanner v. Shivers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Garnishment. Laborers. Words and Phrases. Railroads. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fiiltoh' Superior Court. September Term, 1885. Banner, as transferee of a judgment against Shivers, caused a garnishment to be served on-the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company. The company paid into court $60 as due by them to Shivers, and was discharged. Shivers moved to have the amount paid to him as his wages, which he claimed to be exempt from garnishment.
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Garnishment. Laborers. Words and Phrases. Railroads. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fiiltoh' Superior Court. September Term, 1885. Banner, as transferee of a judgment against Shivers, caused a garnishment to be served on-the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company. The company paid into court $60 as due by them to Shivers, and was discharged. Shivers moved to have the amount paid to him as his wages, which he claimed to be exempt from garnishment. The case was heard in the justice’s court, where it was argued on an agreed statement of the facts, from which it appeared that he was a…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The question made by'this record is as to whether the monthly wages of a locomotive engineer in the employment of a railroad corporation are subject to the process of garnishment by the laws of this state, when the wage's exceed the sum of five hundred' dollars. The act of 1845 (Code, §3554) declares that, “ All journeymen mechanics, and day laborers shall be exempt from the process and liabilities of garnishment on their daily, weekly.or monthly wages, whether in the hands .of their employers or others.”
We are of the opinion that a locomotive engineer is a day laborer…
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