Borden v. American Surety Co.

Citations

• 159 Pa. 465
• 28 A. 301
• 1894 Pa. LEXIS 868

Syllabus

<p>Foreign attachment — Bond—Judgment—Aot of June 13, 1836, §62, and March 20, 1845, § 2.</p> <p>Suit on a bond in foreign attachment cannot be sustained where the judgment against the defendant was merely a judgment by default in the attachment proceedings, entered prior to the execution of the bond. Such a judgment, with the attachment, and all other proceedings under the attachment, is dissolved by the defendant’s appearing and giving bail to the action.</p>