§ 1187. No action against garnishee until termination of garnishee action

Cite as: 12 CNCA § 1187

No action shall be commenced by the defendant or his assignee against a garnishee upon any claim or demand liable to garnishment, or to recover any property garnished, or execution be issued upon a judgment in favor of defendant against such garnishee subsequent to the service of the garnishee summons upon him, until the termination of the garnishee action; and if an action shall have been commenced or an execution issued, it shall be stayed by the Court or a Judge thereof, upon the garnishee's application; except that upon cause shown, the Court or a Judge may by order permit the commencement of such an action, or the issue of an execution, or the further prosecution of one stayed.

Historical Data

LA 10–07, eff. March 17, 2007.