BRACHTENBACH, J.
It is common legal knowledge that the filing of an affidavit and bond results in the perfunctory issuance of a writ of garnishment, before judgment, in a suit for a debt. Since 1893, the affidavit only need be couched in the statutory language that "... such debt is just, due and unpaid, and that the garnishment applied for is not sued out to injure either the defendant or the garnishee." Laws of 1893, ch. 56, § 1; RCW 7.33.010 (1) (b).
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