Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-6-461 (2026)
Effect of Judgment for Plaintiff as Between Garnishee and Defendant.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The judgment condemning the debt, demand, money, or effects to the satisfaction of the plaintiff’s demand is conclusive as between the garnishee and the defendant to the extent of such judgment, unless the defendant prosecutes to effect an appeal from such judgment, which he may do in his own name; and, if such judgment is stayed by bond and the garnishee is notified of the fact, he is not permitted to discharge such judgment pending the appeal.
(Code 1852, §2563; Code 1867, §2991; Code 1876, §3316; Code 1886, §2993; Code 1896, §2185; Code 1907, §4314; Code 1923, §8065; Code 1940, T. 7, §1009.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1985–1985 · leading case: Constant L. Vermandel & Rosa Vermandel v. Thomas Earl Gray, Jr., Cent. Bank of the South, Garnishee-Appellant, 772 F.2d 738 (11th Cir. 1985).
Constant L. Vermandel & Rosa Vermandel v. Thomas Earl Gray, Jr., Cent. Bank of the South, Garnishee-Appellant, 772 F.2d 738 (11th Cir. 1985). “The procedure on execution, in proceedings supplementary to and in aid of a judgment, and in proceedings on and in aid of execution shall be in accordance with the practice and procedure of the state in which the district court is held, existing at the time of the remedy is…”
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