65 Iowa 670 | Iowa | 1885
Upon being garnished, the railroad company answered that it was indebted to Clark, the judgment debtor, who was one of its employes in Dakota territory, and that he was a married man, and the head of a family, and a resident of said territory when the work and labor were performed for
We regard it as the settled rule in this state that the exemption laws of another state or territory cannot be pleaded or relied on as a defense by either the garnishee or judgment debtor. Newell v. Hayden, 8 Iowa, 140; Leiber v. Union Pac. R'y Co., 49 Iowa, 688; Mooney v. Union Pac. R’y Co., 60 Iowa, 346. See, also, Burlington & M. R. R'y Co. v. Thompson, 31 Kan., 180, and authorities there cited.
Affirmed.