CITY OF PHOENIX v. COLLAR, WILLIAMS & WHITE ENG.

No. 1 CA-CIV 1065.

12 Ariz. App. 510 (1970)

472 P.2d 479

CITY OF PHOENIX, a municipal corporation, Appellant, v. COLLAR, WILLIAMS & WHITE ENGINEERING, INC., an Arizona corporation, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

July 29, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Backstein, City Atty., by Westlyn C. Riggs, Asst. City Atty., Phoenix, for appellant.

Murphy, Posner & Franks, by Michael L. Murphy, Phoenix, for appellee.


EUBANK, Presiding Judge.

The important substantive question before us in this appeal after a default judgment in a garnishment proceeding is whether a municipality can be held liable as garnishee with respect to any indebtedness other than that payable to its officers and employees as salaries. See A.R.S. § 12-1601. We answer the question in the negative.

All of the following pertinent events took place in 1968. In January, the appellee corporation obtained...

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