Case Name: RUSS TOGS, INC. v. GORDON et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1972-11-09
Citations: 127 Ga. App. 520
Docket Number: 47347
Parties: RUSS TOGS, INC. v. GORDON et al.
Judges: Evans and Stolz, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 127
Pages: 520–521

Head Matter:
47347.
RUSS TOGS, INC. v. GORDON et al.

Opinion:
Bell, Chief Judge.
Under the Uniform Commercial Code, a draft drawn on a bank and payable on demand is a check. Code Ann. § 109A-3 — 104. In this garnishment in attachment proceeding the garnishee on January 15, 1971, mailed at a United States Post Office a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank payable to defendants. It was received by defendants on or before January 18, 1971; summons of garnishment was served on the garnishee on January 19, 1971. Applying the above definition from the U. C. C., the instrument was a check. Once a check has been properly mailed and delivered to the payee, the debt represented by the check is not subject to garnishment. Parker-Fain Grocery Co. v. Orr, 1 Ga. App. 628 (57 SE 1074).
Argued July 5, 1972
Decided November 9, 1972.
Cotton, Katz & White, J. Timothy White, for appellant.
Neely, Freeman & Hawkins, Andrew J. Hamilton, for appellees.
The grant of a summary jüdgment to the garnishee is
Affirmed.
Evans and Stolz, JJ., concur.