BAKER v. MAGUIRE'S, INC.

No. 39,160

176 Kan. 579 (1954)

272 P.2d 739

ETHEL LEE BAKER, Formerly ETHEL LEE WARREN, Appellee, v. JOHN D. MAGUIRE'S, INC., a Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 6, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Powers, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and James P. Quinn, of Kansas City, Missouri, was with him on the brief for the appellant.

J.W. Mahoney, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and David W. Carson, and John K. Dear, both of Kansas City, were with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

THIELE, J.:

This was an action in which plaintiff sought damages, actual and exemplary, resulting from a wrongful garnishment of her wages.

In her petition the plaintiff alleged her employment by Armour and Company; that her wages had been garnished in an action commenced by defendant against her in a magistrate's court in Kansas City, Missouri; that she had never been indebted to the

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