179 Ga. 52 | Ga. | 1934
Nash Loan. Company brought suit against the Atlantic Coast Line Eailroad Company, to recover the amount of wages due to an employee of that company and duly assigned to the petitioner. In a demurrer to the petition the company contended that the legislative act which purports to make lawful a partial assignment of wages and salaries is void, because in conflict with an existing law (Code of 1910, § 3465), which provides: “Any contract made after August 15th, 1904, for the assignment or pledge of any unearned wages or salary, for the purpose of securing a loan of money, shall be void.” It was also contended that the portion of the act applicable to the present suit on the assignment of unearned wages is void, because in conflict with designated portions of the constitution. The parts of the constitution are duly set out and described, and the reasons for such contentions are duly stated. It was further contended that the assignment was invalid as to the company, because the notice of such assignment required under sections 16 and 20 of the act approved August 17, 1920 (Ga. Laws 1920, pp. 220, 222, sec. 16, 20), was not given, in that the assignment was not served upon the company “within five days from the time of the execution of the assignment.” The company also contends that the assignment is void because it is an interference with the interstate-commerce clause of the Federal constitution. The court overruled the demurrers, and the exception is to that judgment.
The court erred in overruling the demurrer based on the ground that notice of the assignment was not duly served upon the employer. Section 16 of the act provides for service of the assignment on the employer, and that the liability of the employer begins at the time of such service. Section 20 provides: “Before any notice of assignment or purchase of wages or salaries shall be binding upon any individual, firm, or corporation to whom said notice is directed, said notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the sale or assignment, verified by the assignee to be a true and correct copy thereof. Provided, that the assignee shall file said notice within -five days from the time of the execution of the assignment.” This in terms applies to “any notice of assignment or purchase of wages or salaries.” It provides that before any notice of assignment shall be binding the assignee shall file said notice within five days from the execution of the assignment. It appears from the allegations
The second headnote does not require elaboration.
Judgment reversed.