Powers v. Wright Bro's

Citations

• 62 Miss. 35

Syllabus

<p>ArcrAOHMEHT. Oreditor of defendant intervening. Act of March 11,1884, construed.</p> <p>An act of the legislature approved March 11, 1884, entitled “An act relating to damages in attachment cases,” confers upon creditors of the defendant in attachment the right to intervene and defend the suit in case of his failure to do so, and provides that if the judgment shall be in favor of the intervener it shall be for any damages found by the jury, whether actual or vindictive, and shall have the effect to abate the suit as well as the writ. This act, while remedial as to the intervener, is penal as to the plaintiff, and therefore cannot he applied to suits pending at the time of its passage.</p>