Tabb v. Mallette

Mrs. A. R. Mallette sued E. C. Tabb in a justice’s court, and, upon filing her affidavit and bond, caused a summons of garnishment to be issued and served on the Central of Georgia Railway Company. The garnishee answered that it was indebted to the defendant in a named sum, which was due to him for his monthly wages as a laborer, and that such wages were exempt from the process and liabilities of garnishment. The defendant also filed his answer, claiming that all money owing him by the garnishee had been earned by him as a day laborer while in its employment. The issues formed on the answers…