11-35-5 - Form for writ of garnishment on judgment or decree.
§ 11-35-5. Form for writ of garnishment on judgment or decree.
The writ of garnishment, when issued on a judgment or decree, may be in the following form, to wit:
"THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
"To any lawful officer of ________ county:
"Whereas, ________ recovered a judgment in ________ court of ________ county, on the ________ day ________ , A. D. ________ , for the sum of ________ dollars and costs, against ________ , and the judgment has not been satisfied, and said ________ having made the proper suggestion for a writ of garnishment against ________ :
"We therefore command you to summon said ________ to appear in said court, at ________ , on the ________ day of ________ , A. D. ________ , then and there to answer, on oath in writing, whether (here copy in full every particular that a garnishee is required to answer). And have you then and there this writ, with your proceedings indorsed thereon.
"Witness my signature (and if by a clerk, add an official seal), this ________ day of ________ , A. D. ________ ."
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The writ must be signed by the officer who issues it, and his official character should be written after his name.
Sources: Codes, 1892, § 2132; 1906, § 2339; Hemingway's 1917, § 1934; 1930, § 1840; 1942, § 2785.