Commonwealth v. Hansley, S.

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• holding that garnishment proceeding “must be supported by a judgment in esse, that is, a judgment in actual existence or, literally, in being” (internal quotation marks omit- ted)
• garnishment in aid of execution -3- issued before judgment is without jurisdiction and void, and not merely irregular; execution issued without judgment to support it is void

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