Goodhue v. King

Citations

• 55 Cal. 377
• 1 Colo. L. Rep. 122

Syllabus

<p>Attachment — Undertaking—Bankruptcy—Jurisdiction — Surety. — In an action against the sureties in an undertaking given (under § 540 Codo Civ. Proc.) to prevent the levy of an attachment upon the property of the defendant in the attachment suit, it appeared that the latter, within four months of the issue of the attachment, filed his petition in bankruptcy, and in due course made an assignment of his property; but that, intermediate the filing of the petition and the assignment, judgment by default was entered against him. Held, that proceedings in bankruptcy did not affect the jurisdiction of the District Court, and its judgment was therefore valid, and the plaintiff entitled to recover.</p>