W. R. Johnson & Co. v. Blanks, Walker & Co.

Gaines, Associate Justice.

Appellants, who were plaintiffs in a garnishment proceeding in the court below, appeal from a judgment allowing appellees, who were the garnishees an attorney’s fee of ten dollars for preparing their answer. The answer was to the effect that respondents owed the debtor nothing, and prayed that they be discharged with a reasonable compensation for making it. It was signed by attorneys for the garnishees, sworn to by a member of the firm, and was not contested by plaintiffs.

Our statute provides that, “where the garnishee is discharged upon his answer, the costs of the…