Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1187
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Action by defendant against garnishee
Official statutory text
No action shall be commenced by the defendant or his assignee
against a garnishee upon any claim or demand liable to garnishment,
or to recover any property garnished, or execution be issued upon a
judgment in favor of defendant against such garnishee subsequent to
the service of the garnishee summons upon him, until the termination
of the garnishee action; and if an action shall have been commenced
or an execution issued, it shall be stayed by the court or a judge
thereof, upon the garnishee's application; except that upon cause
shown, the court or a judge may by order permit the commencement of
such an action, or the issue of an execution, or the further
prosecution of one stayed.
R.L. 1910, § 4837.
against a garnishee upon any claim or demand liable to garnishment,
or to recover any property garnished, or execution be issued upon a
judgment in favor of defendant against such garnishee subsequent to
the service of the garnishee summons upon him, until the termination
of the garnishee action; and if an action shall have been commenced
or an execution issued, it shall be stayed by the court or a judge
thereof, upon the garnishee's application; except that upon cause
shown, the court or a judge may by order permit the commencement of
such an action, or the issue of an execution, or the further
prosecution of one stayed.
R.L. 1910, § 4837.
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