§ 3021 - Debts reduced by sums owing defendant's workmen - Vermont Statutes

§ 3021. Debts reduced by sums owing defendant's workmen TITLE 12Court ProcedurePART VIIProvisional Remedies; SecurityCHAPTER 121. TRUSTEE PROCESSSubchapter I. Generally; Actions in which Available; Persons and Property Subject to Trustee Process

§ 3021. Debts reduced by sums owing defendant's workmen

In all cases where a principal defendant is indebted to other persons for work done in the performance of a contract out of which the trustee's indebtedness arises, there shall be exempt from the trustee process, on an action brought for the recovery of debts not incurred as above stated, such sum or sums as may be due from the principal defendant to such other persons for work done in the prosecution of such contract. The principal defendant shall cause to be summoned as claimants before the court in which an action so brought is pending, all such other persons to whom he is indebted for work so done.