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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, SOUTHERN DIVISION

CROP PRODUCTION SERVICES, )

INC., a Delaware )

corporation, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 1:10cv395-MHT

) (WO)

TED BAXTER, an individual, )

)

Defendant. )

ORDER

By final judgment entered on July 12, 2010, plaintiff

Crop Production Services, Inc. is to have and recover

from defendant Ted Baxter the sum of $ 255,023.66, plus

interest on that amount at $ 110.2446 per day from June

9, 2010, until the date of the judgment, and attorney’s

fees and costs for this lawsuit. On July 27, 2010, a

writ of garnishment was issued against garnishee People’s

South Bank, c/o Larry Pitchford, 519 Kirkland Street,

Abbeville, Alabama 36104, claiming that Baxter is

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1. Neither the application for the writ nor the writ

itself makes any reference to interest, attorneys’ fees

or costs.

2. People’s South Bank provided its answer on a form

served with the writ of garnishment. This form instructs

the garnishee to “check the appropriate answer(s) below”

and then provides a list of common answers to a writ of

garnishment. In making its answer, People’s South Bank

did not check the box next to the statement “the

garnishee was not indebted to the defendant when the

process was received, or, when making this Answer or

during the intervening time, the garnishee does not have

possession or control of any belongings of the

defendant.” Answer at 1. Instead, it checked the box

for “Other” and wrote “Bank account closed.” Id. The

court reads this as a representation that People’s South

Bank is not indebted to Baxter. 

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indebted to Crop Production Services in the amount of

$ 255,023.66.1

 On July 30, 2010, People’s South Bank

filed an answer indicating that it is not indebted to

Baxter. Answer at 1 (Doc. No. 15).2

 

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that plaintiff Crop

Production Services, Inc. and defendant Ted Baxter show

cause, if any there be, in writing by August 30, 2010, as

to why final judgment should not be entered in favor of

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garnishee People’s South Bank, discharging the writ of

garnishment issued on July 27, 2010.

DONE, this the 10th day of August, 2010.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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