Eunice v. Reliance Fertilizer Co.
Eunice v. Reliance Fertilizer Co.
Opinion of the Court
The Reliance Fertilizer Company sued C. W. Eunice. Pending the suit a garnishment was obtained by the plaintiff and summons served on the Blackshear Bank on February 25, 1919, and on the next day judgment was obtained on the original suit. On March 10, 1919, the bank answered the summons of garnishment, admitting indebtedness to the defendant, C. W. Eunice, in the sum of $650. On March 11, 1919, G. B. Eunice, filed in the court a motion in which he alleged that he held fi. fas. against C. W. Eunice which were prior liens to that of the fertilizer company, and prayed that “the funds in the hands of the garnishee be directed by the court to be paid to the petitioner on his judgments, according to the law as made and provided in such cases.” On the same day he served notice on the bank above named that he claimed “any and all funds held up in its possession” under the garnishment proceedings in favor of the Reliance Fertilizer Company against C. W. Eunice. He also served notice upon the sheriff that He Had fi. fas. which constituted a prior lien on the said fund, and placed said fi. fas. in the hands of the sheriff.
The ruling complained of was' right.
Judgment affirmed.
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