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CITY FINANCE CO. v. WINSTON

31483.

238 Ga. 10 (1976)

231 S.E.2d 45

CITY FINANCE COMPANY v. WINSTON et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 19, 1976.

Rehearing Denied November 2 And November 24, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levy, Buffington & Adams, M. Alvin Levy, D. Merrill Adams, for appellant.

Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, Bates Block, for appellees.

Gambrell, Russell, Killorin & Forbes, Edward W. Killorin, Sewell K. Loggins, Michael V. Elsberry, Eugene Cline, Marion W. Cornett, Jr., Daniel N. Parker, William D. Hargrove, Kenneth G. Levin, Richard T. de Mayo, Curtis M. Cook, Schwall & Heuett, Lee S. Alexander, Hatcher, Meyerson, Oxford & Irvin, Henry M. Hatcher, Jr., amici curiae.

JORDAN, Justice.

This appeal is from the dismissal of a garnishment proceeding on the ground that the 1976 post-judgment garnishment law (Ga. L. 1976, p. 1608 et seq.) is unconstitutional.

City Finance Company, by its attorney, made an affidavit before the Chief Deputy Clerk of the Civil Court of Fulton County that Josephus Winston owed $24.05 balance on a described judgment. The garnishee, Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, filed a motion to dismiss the...

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