Preston v. Cooper

1. Where a writ of attachment is sued out maliciously .and without probable cause, and damage ensues, the defendant has a remedy on common law principles, aside from the remedy on the attachment bond.

2. The only remedy of the attachment defendant, it seems, is upon the bond, or by an action for malicious attachment, in which latter case it is not sufficient to allege that the writ was wrongfully procured, but there must be allegations of malice and want of probable cause.

3. Where by statute no bond in attachment was required, and none given, the defendant, in the absence of legislation giving…