T. E. Newson & Co. v. Smith

In this suit upon an open account, the plaintiff prayed for and obtained the issuance of a writ of attachment on the ground “that he verily believes that said Richard T. Smith is on the eve of leaving the State permanently.” Some movable property of defendant was seized and attached under the writ, and on the trial of a motion to show cause why said attachment should not be dissolved for the reason that the allegations for said attachment are false and untrue, the attachment was dissolved and defendant was accorded fifty dollars as damages for attorney’s fees. Prom that judgment plaintiff has…