§47-23  Successive actions.  In case ofsuccessive actions being so brought against the same county defendant,precedence shall be given by the garnishee to that in which process is firstserved on the garnishee; and if two or more processes are simultaneouslyserved, precedence shall be given in the order of the priority of theirissuance by the courts issuing them.  This order of precedence shall not bedisturbed by the fact of a posterior action being carried to final judgmentearlier than its anterior in time of service on the garnishee.  All amountsheld on account of the anterior action shall be held until the finaldetermination thereof, and then applied in payment of the judgment therein.  Incase the amounts shall not be sufficient fully to satisfy the judgment, thenall judgments obtained in posterior actions shall be again postponed to that inthe anterior action until it is satisfied. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §2]