122 Ga. 178 | Ga. | 1905
(After stating the foregoing facts.) A judgment creditor may not only sell the defendant’s tangible property, but by garnishment he may acquire a control over his choses in action, and thereby in effect bring suit against his debtor’s debtor. Indeed, so extensive are the creditor’s rights that it may be said that the judgment creditor stands in the judgment debtor’s shoes. But this rule is not without exception. For there are cases in which a creditor may enforce claims where the debtor could not. ' And, conversely, the debtor may proceed where the creditor could not. Secret liens and fraudulent deeds may bind the one and be ineffective against the other. On the other hand the debtor may sue
Judgment affirmed.