175 Misc. 591 | City of New York Municipal Court | 1940
The mere fact that the judgment debtor earns a salary somewhat above the level of the amount exempted from the process of garnishee by section 684 of the Civil Practice Act, is not of itself sufficient reasoi. for ordering the judgment debtor to pay, under section 793, the same amount weekly as the judgment creditor could obtain by garnishee. Sections 684 and 793 have different origins, and different social purposes behind them. Under the former it makes no difference whether the judgment debtor will be able to furnish his family bare necessities or not, after the garnishee is levied. The amount earned determines the right to
At bar we have a worker employed by the Works Progress Administration earning twenty-two dollars weekly and with a wife and two small children. I do not see how he can spare anything from that.
Motion denied, with leave to renew upon a showing that the debtor’s financial condition has improved.