City of Phoenix v. Collar, Williams & White Engineering, Inc.

EUBANK, Presiding Judge.

The important substantive question before us in this appeal after a default judgment in a garnishment proceeding is whether a municipality can be held liable as garnishee with respect to any indebtedness other than that payable to its officers and employees as salaries. See A.R.S. § 12-1601. We answer the question in the negative.

All of the following pertinent events took place in 1968. In January, the appellee corporation obtained a judgment in the amount of $5,585.91 against one Stauffer in Cause No. 203379 in the Superior Court of Maricopa County. On May 15,…