If it appears that the garnishee is indebted to the defendant, or has property and effects of the defendant subject to the attachment, the court may, in case recovery is had by the plaintiff against the defendant, give judgment against the garnishee for the amount of the recovery or of the indebtedness and property.
Code 1858, § 3484 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 22); Shan., § 5244; Code 1932, § 9435; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-712.
Law Reviews.
Commencing an Action by Garnishment, 23 Tenn. L. Rev. 211.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings
Chapter 7 - Attachment by Garnishment
§ 29-7-101. Assets Subject to Garnishment
§ 29-7-102. Wages Earned and Payable Outside State
§ 29-7-103. Method of Effecting — Answer
§ 29-7-104. Notice to Retain Possession
§ 29-7-105. Liability on Instrument
§ 29-7-107. Examination of Garnishee
§ 29-7-108. Compensation of Garnishee
§ 29-7-109. Motion to Garnish Other Debtors
§ 29-7-110. Exoneration by Payment or Delivery
§ 29-7-111. Death of Garnishee
§ 29-7-112. Judgment Against Garnishee
§ 29-7-113. Execution on Maturity of Debt
§ 29-7-114. Default by Garnishee — Conditional Judgment
§ 29-7-115. Notice of Conditional Judgment
§ 29-7-117. Conclusiveness of Judgment