SKILLMAN v. FIRST STATE BANK OF ALTOONA

SC 2034.

341 So.2d 691 (1977)

Clara SKILLMAN and Julius Eugene Skillman, Sr. v. FIRST STATE BANK OF ALTOONA, Alabama, a Banking Corporation.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron K. Allenstein, Gadsden, for appellants.

William D. Russell, Jr., Dortch, Wright & Ford, Gadsden, for appellee.


ALMON, Justice.

Clara Skillman and Julius Eugene Skillman, Sr., appellants, sued the First State Bank of Altoona, appellee, for wrongfully garnishing $956.34 from their joint account in the First Alabama Bank of Gadsden. The trial court granted summary judgment for appellee. Central to the case is the res judicata effect of a prior default judgment in favor of appellee and a subsequent hearing on the default judgment.

On January 2, 1975, appellee instituted...

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