Easley, McCaleb & Stallings, Ltd. v. Gateway Management

Sognier, Judge.

Easley, McCaleb and Stallings, Ltd. (“EMS”) obtained a judgment against Brentwood Financial Corporation and subsequently filed a garnishment action against Gateway Management. The trial court found that the payments made to Brentwood by Gateway were payments due to a third party, Walt Silber, who had directed Gateway to forward his payments to Brentwood. Based on its finding that Gateway had incurred no legally enforceable liability to Brentwood or otherwise assumed any continuing obligation in favor of the judgment debtor, the trial court granted judgment in favor of Gateway…