Biddle v. Girard National Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1884, No. 229. This was, in the court below, a scire facias sur judgment in foreign attachment.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1884, No. 229. This was, in the court below, a scire facias sur judgment in foreign attachment. The material facts were as follows: On March 22d, 1837, a writ of foreign attachment in case was issued in the old District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, at the suit of Washington Jackson, John S. Riddle and Michael B. Mahoney, trading as the firm of Jackson, Riddle & Co., against William Sidney Warwick and Thomas Claggett, lately trading as the firm of Warwick & Claggett. The defendants were…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
The writ of foreign attachment, out of which this contention arises, was issued from the District Court of Philadelphia, in the year 1837, at the suit of Jackson, Riddle & Co., against Warwick & Claggett of London, England ; the Bank of the United States, and the Girard Bank, being summoned as garnishees. Judgment, by default, was entered against the defendants on 3rd of March, 1838, and on 29th June following, the damages were, upon a writ of inquiry, assessed at $43,555,23.
On the 23rd October, 1838, a scire facias .issued against the garnishees, who in the year 1845, entered a plea of nulla…
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