As Amended
SEC. 11-35-5. Form of the writ of garnishment-on a 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, Sec. 2132; 1906, Sec. 2339; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 1934; 1930, Sec. 1840; 1942, Sec. 2785.