Miller v. Zeigler
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Cabell County. Suit by Jacob Miller, Sous & Co. against Jacob Zeigier in attachment proceedings. From a decree dismissing the suit, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, PRESIDENT:
Jacob Miller, Sons & Co. instituted this suit in equity, with attachment, against Jacob Zeigier; and, the attachment haying been quashed and the suit dismissed, the plaintiffs appeal.
The defect in the attachment is that it was not signed by the clerk. There is conflicting evidence as to this; but let us say that when issued and placed in the sheriff’s hands, and when levied, it was not signed, but was later signed by the clerk, and was so when the motion to quash was made. Is an attachment void for want of a clerk’s signature? Or does it render it merely voidable? The…
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