Except as otherwise provided in Section 11-35-23 , garnishees shall, in all cases in the circuit or chancery court, answer on the first day of the return term, and, in the courts of justices of the peace, they shall answer by noon on the return day of the writ, unless the court, for cause shown, shall grant further time; and, if upon the answer of any garnishee, it appear that there is any estate of the defendant in the hands of any person not summoned, an alias writ may at once be issued, to be levied on the property in the hands of such person, or he may be summoned as garnishee. Codes, 1857, ch. 52, art. 26; 1871, § 1443; 1880, § 2444; 1892, § 2140; 1906, § 2347; Hemingway's 1917, § 1942; 1930, § 1848; 1942, § 2800. Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 407, SB 2445, 11, eff. 7/1/2017. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11-35-23 , garnishees shall, in all cases in the circuit or chancery court, answer on the first day of the return term, and, in the courts of justices of the peace, they shall answer by noon on the return day of the writ, unless the court, for cause shown, shall grant further time; and, if upon the answer of any garnishee, it appear that there is any estate of the defendant in the hands of any person not summoned, an alias writ may at once be issued, to be levied on the property in the hands of such person, or he may be summoned as garnishee. Codes, 1857, ch. 52, art. 26; 1871, § 1443; 1880, § 2444; 1892, § 2140; 1906, § 2347; Hemingway's 1917, § 1942; 1930, § 1848; 1942, § 2800. Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 407, SB 2445, 11, eff. 7/1/2017. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11-35-23 , garnishees shall, in all cases in the circuit or chancery court, answer on the first day of the return term, and, in the courts of justices of the peace, they shall answer by noon on the return day of the writ, unless the court, for cause shown, shall grant further time; and, if upon the answer of any garnishee, it appear that there is any estate of the defendant in the hands of any person not summoned, an alias writ may at once be issued, to be levied on the property in the hands of such person, or he may be summoned as garnishee. Codes, 1857, ch. 52, art. 26; 1871, § 1443; 1880, § 2444; 1892, § 2140; 1906, § 2347; Hemingway's 1917, § 1942; 1930, § 1848; 1942, § 2800. Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 407, SB 2445, 11, eff. 7/1/2017. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11-35-23 , garnishees shall, in all cases in the circuit or chancery court, answer on the first day of the return term, and, in the courts of justices of the peace, they shall answer by noon on the return day of the writ, unless the court, for cause shown, shall grant further time; and, if upon the answer of any garnishee, it appear that there is any estate of the defendant in the hands of any person not summoned, an alias writ may at once be issued, to be levied on the property in the hands of such person, or he may be summoned as garnishee. Codes, 1857, ch. 52, art. 26; 1871, § 1443; 1880, § 2444; 1892, § 2140; 1906, § 2347; Hemingway's 1917, § 1942; 1930, § 1848; 1942, § 2800.
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