Hollywood Credit Clothing Co., Inc. v. Jones

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

We are called upon to decide whether the value of room and meals furnished by an employer to a domestic servant is to be included as part of salary or earnings under our Wage Exemption statute.

Congress has declared exempt from attachment, “The earnings, salary * * * not otherwise exempted, not to exceed $200 each month * * * of any person * * who provides the principal support of a family * * Code 1951, Supp. Ill, 15-403.

Hollywood Credit issued an attachment against credits of Gladys Jones, directed against her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Sher, as garnishees. The garnishees,…