HOFFMAN CHEV., INC. v. WASH. CTY. NAT'L SAV. BANK

No. 758, September Term, 1981.

50 Md. App. 594 (1982)

439 A.2d 50

HOFFMAN CHEVROLET, INC., GARNISHEE v. WASHINGTON COUNTY NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Beachley, with whom were Miller, Miller & Oliver on the brief, for appellant.

David K. Poole, Jr., for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MOORE and MacDANIEL, JJ.


GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

"A writ of attachment may be likened to a dam. Once it is laid in the hands of the garnishee it spontaneously creates a reservoir or collecting pool, from all assets, liquid or otherwise, that are then present or which may flow to the garnishee at any time prior to trial and judgment."1

In this appeal we are asked by Hoffman Chevrolet, Inc., the garnishee-appellant (Hoffman) to...

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