Wilson v. Puritan Steamship Co.

Motion to vacate an attachment on the original papers. The affidavit on which the attachment was granted was made by the plaintiff, who is the assignee of an assignee. There is no averment connecting the plaintiff with the transaction between the original parties, both of which are English corporations, nor anything from which it can be implied that he had knowledge or could have had knowledge of the character of the defendant. The cause of action is apparently based on a foreign judgment. Without passing on the question whether this is sufficiently pleaded, the affidavit is defective under…