Williams v. Williams

RILEY, Special Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court sustaining a motion to quash garnishment. The only issue is whether Tennessee courts have jurisdiction to enforce a garnishment served on a foreign corporation garnishee authorized to do business in this state seeking to garnish wages earned by and payable to the defendant outside the State of Tennessee. We answer in the negative.

The record shows that plaintiff secured judgment against the original defendant for an alimony arrearage. A garnishment was served upon personnel at the Memphis plant of garnishee-appellee, Bemis…