H. B. Claflin Co. v. White

Citations

• 185 Pa. 367
• 39 A. 1116
• 1898 Pa. LEXIS 724

Syllabus

<p>Attachment under act of 1809 — Sufficiency of affidavit — Practice, O. P.</p> <p>An affidavit for an attachment under the Act of 1809, P. L. 8, averted that the defendants *■ have assigned and are about to assign, dispose of and remove their property, money and evidences of debt with intent to defraud their creditors and the plaintiff, and that they fraudulently contracted the said debts, and incurred said obligation.” Two weeks after the writ was issued a rule to dissolve was allowed, and about a year afterward the rule was discharged. In the meantime judgment had been entered against the defendant served for want of an affidavit- of defense, and his property had been sold under a ii. fa. Held, that the rule to dissolve the attachment was properly discharged.</p>