Premier Wrench Co. v. Pearson

Citations

• 129 Wash. 326
• 225 P. 49
• 1924 Wash. LEXIS 746

Syllabus

<p>Garnishment (9, 32) — Judgments (260) — Assignment—Piling and Recording — Priorities. An assignment of “the amount recovered by me this day” in a designated case, made after the judge announced his decision, but before the formal judgment was signed and entered and filed in the clerk’s office, is an assignment of the judgment to be entered, which was done three days later, and takes precedence over a subsequent writ of garnishment against the judgment creditor, served after the entry of the judgment; in view of Rem. Comp. Stat., § 664, authorizing the garnishment of a judgment debtor of the defendant when the judgment has not been previously assigned on the record or by writing filed in the clerk’s office.</p>