525.150. Garnishment for wages, issued against railroad, when. - Missouri Statutes

Garnishment for wages, issued against railroad, when.

525.150. Except as herein provided, no garnishment shall beissued by any court in any cause where the sum demanded is twohundred dollars or less, and where the property sought to bereached is wages due the defendant by any railroad corporation,until after judgment shall have been recovered by the plaintiffagainst the defendant in the action; provided, this section shallnot apply when the debt or claim sued for was contracted oraccrued in this state; provided further, in such cases thepetition or statement filed in the cause and the writ or summonsof garnishment shall affirmatively show that the debt or claimsued for was contracted or accrued in this state and is owing toa bona fide citizen or resident of this state.

(RSMo 1939 § 1574)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1410; 1919 § 1860; 1909 § 2427