HOSPITAL OF ST. RAPHAEL v. NEW HAVEN SAVINGS BANK

(13169)

205 Conn. 604 (1987)

HOSPITAL OF ST. RAPHAEL v. NEW HAVEN SAVINGS BANK

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released December 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Penny Q. Seaman, for the appellant (defendant).

Sidney Gimple, for the appellee (plaintiff).

John A. Cvarch filed a brief for the Savings Banks' Association of Connecticut as amicus curiae.

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, CALLAHAN, COVELLO and HULL, JS.


PETERS, C. J.

The sole issue in this case is whether a creditor may garnish, as a debt owed to the underlying debtor, the proceeds of bank accounts for which, prior to the garnishment, the debtor had received teller's checks made payable to the order of a third person. The plaintiff, the Hospital of Saint Raphael, brought a civil action against Isabel Gonzales, in conjunction with which it obtained a prejudgment order of...

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