Diamond T. Motor Car Co. v. Patterson

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

At the time the attachment execution in this case was served on the garnishee it owed the defendant $110.25, which was due him for hauling gravel with his truck. The question involved in this appeal is whether this money was exempt from attachment, under sec tion 5 of the Act of April 15, 1845, P. L. 459, providing: “That the wages of any laborers, or the salary of any person in public or private employment, shall not be liable to attachment in the hands of the employer.”

The defendant was not a contractor employing other men. He drove his own truck, hauling gravel for the…