Shaw v. Brown
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Wayne county. Hon. Wm. Hancock, judge. Alfred Brown, one of the defendants in error, sued out an attachment before a justice of the peace against plaintiffs in error. The causes for which the attachment was sued out -are stated in the opinion of the court. The attachment was levied, and returned to the March Term, 1866, of the Circuit Court of Wayne county.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Wayne county. Hon. Wm. Hancock, judge. Alfred Brown, one of the defendants in error, sued out an attachment before a justice of the peace against plaintiffs in error. The causes for which the attachment was sued out -are stated in the opinion of the court. The attachment was levied, and returned to the March Term, 1866, of the Circuit Court of Wayne county. At the September Term a declaration was filed in the name of Alfred Brown, administrator, and Mary Patton, administratrix, of John C. Patton, deceased, against Shaw and Avera. Shaw, who was served with…
1Opinion of the CourtShackelford, C. J.
This was a proceeding by attachment in the Circuit Court of Wayne county.
It appears from the record that the attachment was sued out to the March Term, 1866, thereof, before a justice of the peace, at the instance of Alfred Brown, as administrator of the estate of John C. Patton, deceased, and in his name alone, having made oath that the defendants Shaw and Avera were indebted to the estate of John C. Patton in the sum of $3,210.65, alleging that “ Shaw hath converted or is about to convert his property into money or evidences of debt, with the intent to jilaee it beyond reach of his…
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