Evans v. Darlington ex rel. Burson

Debt by Darlington, for the use of Burson, against Evans. The action was founded on a promissory note for the sum of 1,200 dollars. The defendant pleaded in *321abatement, that, before the commencement of the suit, to wit, on the 23d of August, 1839, a writ of domestic attachment was issued out of the cleric’s office of the La Porte Circuit Court against the goods and chattels, &c. of Darlington, and at the same time a summons was issued against the defendant, Evans, requiring him to appear and answer at the ensuing term of the Circuit Court, whether he had any property in his possession…