Duval County v. Charleston Lumber & Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 45 Fla. 256

Syllabus

<p>Section 1066 Revised Statutes as amended by Chapter 4136, laws of Florida, which provides, “every person who shall have brought a suit in any court of this State against any.person, natural or corporate, shall have a right to a writ of garnishment under the circumstances and in the manner hereinafter provided, to subject any indebtedness due to (he defendant, by a third person, and any goods, moneys. , chattels or effects of the defendant in the hands, possession or control of a third person. The officers, agents and employes of any companies or corporations shall be, as regards such -■ompanies or corporations, third persons, and as such shall be subject to garnishment after judg ment against such companies or corporations,” does not authorize a writ of garnishment against a county, and where such writ has been issued and judgment entered against a county, the judgment is void. (CARTER, J., dissents.)</p>