525.240. Costs adjudged against plaintiff, when--allowance to garnishee. - Missouri Statutes

Costs adjudged against plaintiff, when--allowance to garnishee.

525.240. If any plaintiff in attachment shall cause any person to besummoned as garnishee, and shall fail to recover judgment against suchgarnishee, all the costs attending such garnishment shall be adjudgedagainst such plaintiff, and the court shall render judgment in favor ofsuch garnishee, against the plaintiff, for a sum sufficient to indemnifyhim or her for his or her bona fide time and expenses including actualemployee costs, and reasonable attorney's fees, in preparing, attending andanswering and defending in subsequent proceedings as garnishee.

(RSMo 1939 § 1583, A.L. 2000 S.B. 896)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1419; 1919 § 1869; 1909 § 2436