Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay View

Respondents instituted a garnishment action against petitioner as defendant and Miller Harris Instrument Co., her employer, as garnishee. The complaint alleged *338a claim of $420 on a promissory note. The garnishee filed its answer stating it had wages of $63.18 under its control earned .by petitioner and unpaid, and that it would pay one-half to petitioner as a subsistence allowance1 and hold the other half subject to the order of the court.

Petitioner moved that the garnishment proceedings be dismissed for failure to satisfy the due process requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment. The…