Schnack v. Clark

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

ROBERTSON, C.J.

This is an appeal upon a point of law from a decision and order of the district court of Honolulu whereby the garnishee in the case was discharged. The action was assumpsit and the court gave judgment for the plaintiff against the defendant for the sum of $40.10 but declined to hold the money due the defendant from the garnishee on the ground that the defendant was a seaman within the meaning of section 4536 of the Revised Statutes of the Hnited States and that his wages are therefore not subject to garnishment. It was admitted that the defendant was a…