Miller v. Rohrer

Citations

• 127 Pa. 384
• 18 A. 2
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 1126

Syllabus

<p>[To be reported.]</p> <p>1. A proceeding by attachment under the act of March 17, 1869, P. L. 8, is to be regarded as a personal action, the attachment being intended to. secure to the plaintiff a lien in advance, the efficacy of which will depend on the recovery of a final judgment against the defendant.</p> <p>2. The prior recovery of a final judgment in another proceeding between the same parities upon the same cause of action, is a bar to the recovery of a judgment in the proceeding by attachment; anS this, though the defendant in the attachment filed no bond under § 8 of the act.</p>