Beneficial Finance Co. of Houston v. Yellow Transit Freight Lines, Inc.

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The basic question to be determined on this appeal, although others are also presented, is: May the registrant of a foreign judgment under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (Sec. 511.760, V.A.M.S., 1959) cause a garnishment in aid of execution to issue upon the judgment so registered before it has become a final judgment within the meaning of the Act?

The facts upon which the resolution of that question depends have largely been conceded in an “Agreed Statement of Facts” concluded between the two contending principals, plaintiff, Beneficial Finance…