{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-10-17-6","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-17-6","heading":"Summons of garnishee as witness.","body":"(a) In any action where money or other property shall have been trusteed in the hands of a person, firm, or corporation, the person signing the garnishee’s answer may be summoned by either party at any time before final judgment and subjected to examination and cross-examination upon all matters relating to or connected with the facts set forth in the answer, and evidence may be introduced to contradict the testimony of that person.\n(b) A person summoned as provided in subsection (a) shall be entitled to an attendance fee of three dollars ($3.00) and lawful mileage, and unless summoned in the manner set forth in subsection (a), the answer sworn to by a trustee shall be deemed true in deciding how far the trustee is chargeable.","path":["Title 10 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure in Particular Actions","Chapter 17 Trustee Process"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE10/10-17/10-17-6.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:07Z","sha256":"8afb4326ed636352c363a2a02964a598576efeecbaea4de14259c93f59d4395a","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-10-17-5","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-10-17-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}