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GRIFFIN v. PRINCE

632 S.W.2d 532 (1982)

Anne GRIFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold PRINCE, Defendant-Appellant. NASHVILLE CITY BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Interpleader and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Betty Jane PRINCE a/k/a Mrs. Harold E. Prince, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Prince and Betty Jane Prince, Joseph L. Lackey, Nashville, for defendant-appellant.

Edward L. Hiland, Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Thomas Trent, Jr., Nashville, for interpleader and third-party plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

HARBISON, Chief Justice.

In this case an individual creditor of a husband, Harold Prince, has attempted to garnish deposits of Mr. Prince and his wife, Betty Jane Prince, in a joint checking account and a joint savings account. The trial court held that the entire proceeds of both accounts were subject to the garnishment. The Court of Appeals held that presumptively only one-half of the amount in each account was subject to the debts of the husband...

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