Sword v. Lane

Eelators apply for a mandamus requiring the respondent to dismiss a writ of attachment and all proceedings taken thereunder, on the ground that the •affidavit upon which the writ was based is insufficient.

The plaintiffs in the attachment were four persons, composing the firm of H. Brewer & Go., and residents of the *285county of Lenawee. The defendants in the attachment-are the relators in this case. The affidavit for the writ was made by Herbert E. Stout, one of the members of said firm, and reads as follows:

“ Herbert E. Stout, of said county, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is a…