Cooper v. Smith

The plaintiff sued out an attachment for the purchase-money of a certain horse, returnable to the city court of Dublin. At the appearance term he filed his declaration in attachment, praying a judgment for the purchase-money claimed to be due. Amongst other things, the defendant pleaded, that he purchased the horse from the plaintiff under a contract of conditional sale, whereby the title was reserved to the plaintiff until the purchase-money was paid; that the plaintiff caused his attachment for the purchase-money to be levied upon the horse without first filing and having* recorded in the…