Sturges v. Jackson

Citations

• 88 Miss. 508
• 40 So. 547

Syllabus

<p>1. Garnishment. Exemptions. Sow to claim. Wages. Equity. Jurisdiction.</p> <p>If a defendant, whose wages are garnisheed to satisfy a judgment against him, desires to claim the wages as exempt, he should contest the garnishment and claim his exemption in the court in which the garnishment is pending; a court of equity is without jurisdiction to aid him.</p> <p>2. Same. Employers rule to discharge.</p> <p>Equity jurisdiction in such case cannot be predicated of the fact that the defendant’s employer, a railroad company, under a rule for the government of its affairs, discharges its employes in cases of garnishment on account of their wages; nor does such a rule affect the rights of a judgment creditor of the company’s employe to garnish his debtor’s'wages.</p>