129 Ga. App. 595 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1973
This is a garnishment case. Pursuant to the terms of a contract between the garnishee and defendant debtor,
A plaintiff, by way of summons of garnishment, cannot reach funds which the plaintiffs debtor cannot reach. Kingsberry Mortgage Co. v. Ellis, 118 Ga. App. 755 (2) (165 SE2d 604). The trial judge’s finding of fact that the money on deposit was a collateral security and that defendant could not compel the return of the money until after termination of the employment relationship, was authorized by the evidence. The accompanying conclusion of law that the collateral security held by the garnishee could not be subject to garnishment, was correct. The evidence that upon request of the defendant-debtor the garnishee could in its sole discretion release part of the funds on deposit held by the garnishee is immaterial. The judgment of the trial court denying the plaintiffs traverse to the garnishee’s answer must be affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.