Newsom v. Starkey

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a take-nothing summary judgment on a cross-action for damages for wrongful garnishment. Jerry Starkey, et al., filed a writ of garnishment before judgment against certain garnishees owing money to Rex Newsom. After hear ing and before judgment on the merits, the court granted the writ. Newsom then filed a cross-action for wrongful garnishment. The trial court granted Starkey’s motion for summary judgment on this cross-action. We reverse and remand.

The sole ground upon which Newsom seeks to hold the garnishors liable is that the garnishment statutes…