Case Name: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Ross et al.
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1947-04-21
Citations: 201 Miss. 624
Docket Number: No. 36441
Parties: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Ross et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 201
Pages: 624–626

Head Matter:
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Ross et al.
(Division B.
April 21, 1947.)
[30 So. (2d) 66.
No. 36441.]
B. A. Duncan and Bozeman & Bozeman, all of Meridian, for appellant.
Champ C. Gipson and J. V. Gipson, both of Meridian, for appellees.

Opinion:
Griffith, P. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The only liability of the garnishee to the judgment debtor at the time of the issuance of the garnishment, and of the garnishee's answer thereto, was under an unliquidated demand for damages for an alleged tort. Unliquidated claims for damages are not subject to garnishment. 38 C. J. S. garnishment, Secs. 89, 91; Craig v. Gaddis, 171 Miss. 379, 157 So. 684, 95 A. L. R. 1494, and cases therein cited.
Affirmed.