What is the test for attaching a debt to a garnishee?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Barsi v. Farcas, 1923 CanLII 175 (SK CA):
Furthermore, that a debt to be attachable must be one recoverable by the debtor against the garnishee, for the creditor cannot stand in any better position than the debtor. (Donohoe v. Hull Bros., 1895 CanLII 56 (SCC), 24 S.C.R. 683, at p, 688.)
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