Hoffman v. Fitzwilliam & Sons

Citations

• 81 Ill. 521

Syllabus

<p>1. Garnishment—exemption of wages. The statute relating to garnishment has no reference to wages earned after service of the writ, and the laborer whose wages are sought to be garnisheed, if the head of a family and residing with them, may take up his wages after service of the writ as fast as the same become due, where the amount does not exceed §25.</p> <p>2. It is of no consequence that the judgment debtor, upon the service of the writ of garnishment, terminates his previous contract, and re-engages at the same wages or salary, payable weekly in advance. The employer may pay him his wages as fast as due, where it is less than the exemption.</p>