Water Processing Co. v. Southern Golf Builders, Inc.

Jordan, Chief Justice.

The Court of Appeals held that a check which evidenced a debt was not subject to garnishment since a garnishment action would not lie against the drawer who was a trustee in bankruptcy. Water Processing Co. v. Toporek, 158 Ga. App. 502 (280 SE2d 901) (1981). We granted certiorari and reverse.

Water Processing Company held a money judgment against Southern Golf Builders, Inc. and served a garnishment action on the garnishee Toporek, an attorney who had represented Southern Golf Builders as a claimant in a bankruptcy action. The trustee in bankruptcy mailed a check for…