State ex rel. Summerfield v. Tyler
Citations
- 14 Wash. 495
- 37 L.R.A. 207
- 45 P. 31
- 1896 Wash. LEXIS 395
Syllabus
<p>GARNISHMENT — LIABILITY ON COUNTY TO PROCESS — COLLATERAL ATTACK.</p> <p>A judgment against a county as garnishee defendant is void on collateral attach, when the statutes do not make a county subject to garnishee process.</p> <p>A county is not liable to garnishment unless made so by express statutory provision.</p> <p>The fact that corporations are named by statute as among those upon whom process in garnishment may be' served does not apply to municipal corporations, unless they are expressly included.</p>
Judges: Anders, Dunbar, Gordon, Hoyt
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