Case Name: Henry Bier vs. Gautier & Godchaux. Charles Turpin, Garnishee
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1883-01
Citations: 35 La. Ann. 206
Docket Number: No. 8594
Parties: Henry Bier vs. Gautier & Godchaux. Charles Turpin, Garnishee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 206–208

Head Matter:
No. 8594.
Henry Bier vs. Gautier & Godchaux. Charles Turpin, Garnishee.
■When property of a judgment debtor exceeding §1,000 in value is seized in the hands of a garnishee, who asserts a right of pledge thereon for an amount exceeding §1,000, the matter in dispute between the seizing creditor and the garnishee, in proceedings under the garnishment, is appealable, although the amount of the seizing creditor’s judgment may be less than §1,000.
In a garnishment process the judgment of the court ordering the surrender to the sheriff of the property held by the pledgee, and the sale of such property in satisfaction of the creditor’s judgment, provided that no adjudication thereof be made unless the amount bid be sufficient to pay the garnishee’s claim, is correct in law. In such cases the creditor cannot insist on an absolute sale, unless the amount of the bid would be sufficient to realize something for him, after satisfying the garnishee's privileged claim.
To successfully traverse the garnishee’s answers the plaintiff must show that they are false, by positive written proof, or by the oath of two witnesses worthy of belief. C. P. Art. 264.
APPEAL from the Civil District Latearas, J. Court for the Parish of Orleans.
A. O. Lewis and T. M. Gill for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Jos. J?. Hornor and F. W. Laker for the Garnishee and Appellee.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
In execution of a judgment of plaintiff against defendants for $418, garnishment process, was served upon Turpin, who answered, denying indebtedness to defendants, but stating that he held a share of stock of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, belonging to defendants but pledged to him to secure a note of $4,500.
On further proceedings between plaintiff and garnishee, a judgment was rendered recognizing the latter's right of pledge, but ordering him to turn over the property to the sheriff to be sold, provided the bid be sufficient to cover the amount for which it is pledged.
From this judgment plaintiff appealed, and the garnishee moves to dismiss on the ground that the amount in dispute is less than one thousand dollars.
The share of stock is shown to exceed $1,000 in value.
The matter in dispute between the plaintiff and garnishee was the existence, validity and effect of the latter's pledge for $4,500, on property worth more than $1,000.
The judgment might have set aside or denied his pledge and ordered the property to be sold unconditionally for the satisfaction of plaintiffs' judgment, in which case the garnishee's right to appeal would hardly have been questioned. A controversy appealable as to one party is appealable as to both.
The case falls within the principle of the following authorities: Wood vs. Rocchi, 32 An. 1120; Meyer vs. Logan, 33 An. 1055; Devonshire vs. Gauthreaux, N. R., O. B. 52, p. 428.
The motion to dismiss is denied.