Insell v. Kennedy

Plaintiff began action before a justice of the peace February 15, 1901, to recover from defendant the sum of. $8.36 for board, and sued out a writ of attachment on the allegation that defendant \yas a nonresident of the *235state. Under this writ the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company was garnished, and answered that it was indebted to defendant in the sum of $56.65. On March 22, 1901, defendant appeared, denying the plaintiffs claim, and setting up a counterclaim on the. attachment bond; alleging that the writ was sued out wrongfully and maliciously, and claiming damages for time lost in…