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DISTRICT CREDIT CLOTHING, INC. v. SQUARE DEAL TRUCK. CO.

No. 2577.

163 A.2d 822 (1960)

DISTRICT CREDIT CLOTHING, INC., a corporation, Appellant, v. SQUARE DEAL TRUCKING COMPANY, Inc., a corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided September 21, 1960.

Rehearing Denied November 15, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Gray, Washington, D. C., with whom Darryl L. Wyland, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Arthur L. Willcher, Washington, D. C., with whom Alexander Boskoff, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, HOOD, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).

CAYTON, Acting Judge.

In this action by a garnishee for wrongful attachment and malicious abuse of process a jury awarded compensatory and punitive damages. The pivotal question is whether a plaintiff who has obtained judgment of condemnation against a garnishee is required to give notice and make demand for payment before executing on such judgment.

District Credit Clothing had a judgment against an employee of Square Deal Trucking Co., and issued a garnishment...

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