Bryan v. Lashley

Citations

• 21 Miss. 284

Syllabus

<p>An attachment will he sustained by summoning a debtor of the defendant, without an actual levy on property, real or personal.</p> <p>The return on an attachment at the suit of B. against L., “ Garnisheed M. in the presence of J., March 2d, 1849,” is equivalent to a return that M. had been summoned to answer as garnishee of L., the debtor in the attachment, and is sufficient to uphold the attachment.</p> <p>The sheriff need not return how he has executed an attachment; it is sufficient if he return it generally “executed,” or “summoned” as to the garnishee.</p> <p>The attachment law is to be construed liberally for the benefit of creditors.</p>