Lee v. Waller

Appellant, who was at the time a non-resident of this State, commenced this attachment proceeding against appellee before a justice of the peace; without filing a bond for costs, as required by section 15 of chapter 79 of Revised Statutes of 1874, page 639, which provides that, “no person who is not a resident of this State shall commence any action before a justice of the peace, until such non-resident shall file with the justice before whom such action may be brought, a bond with sufficient security for the payment of all costs which may be awarded against the plaintiff, should he fail in…