LexisNexis (May 24, 2017, 1:48 PM EDT) -- Because cashier's checks are considered cash-equivalents, the general rule is that issuing banks are not allowed to refuse payment even if the remitter demands that payment be stopped based on a dispute between the remitter/customer and the payee. Wrongful dishonor of a cashier's check allows recovery of the face amount, plus consequential damages and attorney's fees. UCC 3-411(b). In a recent case from Georgia, the court rejected the remitter's suit for wrongful dishonor because the remitter's deposit account had been timely garnished by a competing judgment creditor. We think the decision is correct. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the case is the interplay between state garnishment law and liability for wrongful dishonor under the UCC rule....