Bergman v. Straus
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 294, Jan. T., 1919, by defendants, from orders of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1918, No. 188, allowing amendment and refusing to quash a writ of foreign attachment, in case of A. Bergman,, trading as Bergman Knitting Mills, v. Lionel F. Straus and Sidney Weinburg, trading as F. A. Straus & Company. Buie to amend. Rule to quash writ of foreign attachment. The court allowed the amendment and refused to quash the attachment. Defendants appealed.
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Appeal, No. 294, Jan. T., 1919, by defendants, from orders of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1918, No. 188, allowing amendment and refusing to quash a writ of foreign attachment, in case of A. Bergman,, trading as Bergman Knitting Mills, v. Lionel F. Straus and Sidney Weinburg, trading as F. A. Straus & Company. Buie to amend. Rule to quash writ of foreign attachment. The court allowed the amendment and refused to quash the attachment. Defendants appealed. Errors assigned were the two orders of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
Plaintiffs issued a writ of foreign attachment against E. A. Straus & Company, a corporation, which was returned attached as commanded, summoned the garnishee and nihil habet as to defendant; appellants filed a petition averring there was no such corporation, but they composed a partnership of that name, and for that reason only moved to quash the attachment; plaintiffs moved for leave to amend by substituting appellants trading as F. A. Straus & Co., as defendants; the court below allowed the amendment, which was duly made, and discharged the motion to quash;…
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