Huss v. Huss
Huss v. Huss
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff, Frederick J. Huss, obtained a prejudgment remedy allowing him to garnishee bank accounts owned by the defendant, Dorothy Huss. After further proceedings, the trial court, Rubinow, J., ordered the garnishment of two specific bank accounts in the Burritt Mutual Savings Bank in the amount of $12,500. Thereafter the defendant filed two separate motions to limit the order of garnishment. The first motion, to dissolve the garnishment, was ordered erased by the trial court, Cramer, J., on procedural grounds. The second motion, to terminate the restraining order that was part of the original application for prejudgment remedy, was granted by the trial court, Jacobs, J. The effect of this second motion was to release funds in the Burritt Mutual Savings Bank over and above the amount of $12,500. The plaintiff unsuccessfully moved for reargument of the granting of this second motion, and the present appeal followed.
The only issue on this appeal is whether the order of garnishment automatically, as a matter of law, incorporated interest subsequently accruing to the garnisheed bank accounts. The memorandum of decision of the trial court, Jacobs, J., to which we may look in the absence of a finding, indicates that the plaintiff never requested inclusion of subsequently accruing interest in his order of garnishment, and the garnishment order contained no such provision. The plaintiff argues that express reference to interest is unnecessary because the garnishment of a bank account in and of itself reaches not only the principal but also the interest as it accrues from the date of garnishment. We do not agree.
The plaintiff claims that this case is controlled by Savings Bank of Danbury v. Loewe, 242 U.S.
We do not need to decide now whether garnishment of a bank account may, under some circumstances, include interest subsequently accruing to the account. In the case before us, the plaintiff expressly agreed, through his counsel, that the
There is no error.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Frederick J. Huss v. Dorothy M. Huss
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- Published