Baisley v. Baisley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Carroll Circuit Cowrt. — Hon. J. M. Davis, Judge. Action for libel; both parties are residents of Báker county in the state of Oregon. The defendant had brought a suit by attachment against the plaintiff, who owned a farm in Chariton county.
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Error to Carroll Circuit Cowrt. — Hon. J. M. Davis, Judge. Action for libel; both parties are residents of Báker county in the state of Oregon. The defendant had brought a suit by attachment against the plaintiff, who owned a farm in Chariton county. While the suit by attachment was pending in Chariton county, and while the suit by attachment was in progress of trial, and while both parties were in attendance thereon, the present action was brought by plaintiff and service had on defendant in usual form, October 23, 1885. Defendant, appearing only for the purposes of the plea, pleaded to the…
1Opinion of the CourtShebwood, J.
The fourth clause of section 2009, Revised Statutes, 1889, provides that: “When all the defendants are non-residents of the state, suit may be brought in any county in this state.” It will be observed that this clause is without limitation or restriction.
Suits then, that is, all suits, whether by proceedings in rem or in personam, are allowed to be brought in any county in this state against a non-resident, and the mere fact of the party’s non-residence, without more, is one of the grounds for an attachment. Ibid., sec. 521. From an early day in this state it has been ruled that one…
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