Arnold v. P. J. Willis & Bro.

Citations

• 68 Tex. 268
• 4 S.W. 485
• 1887 Tex. LEXIS 678

Syllabus

<p>1. Attachment—Jurisdiction.—When, in a suit by attachment on a note not due, the plaintiff amends his pleading after the maturity of the note, asking judgment thereon and foreclosure of the attachment lien, the quashing of the attachment does not. entitle the defendant to a dismissal of the suit. Jurisdiction attached on filing the amended petition after the maturity of the note, and this though the amendment may have set up a new and different cause of action. Costs should be taxed in such .a case against the plaintiff up to the date of filing the amended petition.</p>