Joseph Melnick Building & Loan Ass'n v. Melnick

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

What was said at some length in Aarons v. Public Service Building & Loan Association, defendant, and Integrity Trust Company, garnishee, 318 Pa. 113, on a judgment creditor’s right under the Act of June 16,1836, P. L. 755, to execution against deposits of money and debts, is in part applicable to this appeal. That statute defines the right with express limitations. The writ of attachment is, in effect, a suit against the garnishee bank by the defendant-depositor to the use of the attaching plaintiff. If the bank has any defense to the depositor’s claim, it may be…