The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 15, Problem 7BCP
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Case summary: A company GHC obtained a judgment to secure $45,458.86 from two people G and N in Ohio state court and filed for garnishment seeking funds from various banks held by the people G and N. People G and N disputed the company GHC’s right of garnishment and claimed that the funds were exempted amount but offered no proof. In response, banks deposited $23,911.97 with the court which was delivered to the company GHC. Later, the people G and N filed a bankruptcy petition in the court. After the people G and N were granted a discharge, they filed a “motion to return funds to debtors” but offered no proof that their debt to the company GHC was included in the discharge.
To find:The arguments of the company GHC in response to the motion filed by the people G and N.
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