Stephens Howard Co. v. Baer

The only question of law presented by the appeal is whether the affidavit and complaint are sufficient to justify the issuance of the warrant of attachment against the defendant, who is a resident of this State.

There are two decisions of this Court directly in point: The first is Judd v. Mining Co., 120 N. C., 398, 27 S. E., 81, and the other is Bank v. Cotton Factory, 179 N. C., 203, 102 S. E., 195. A petition to rehear the case was denied in Bank v. Cotton Factory, 180 N. C., 128, 104 S. E., 129. The opinion in the original case asserts: “The precedents seem to hold that the affidavit upon…