Wright v. Harris
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Lyon, J., at March Term, 1912, of Mecklenburg. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court hy Mr. Justice Wallcer.
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, "J.
This action was brought to recover damages for the wrongful abuse of process, though it may be that there are sufficient allegations in the complaint, liberally construed, stating a cause of action for maliciously suing out an attachment. *544In tbe other action, the defendant in this case had alleged a good cause of action for goods sold and delivered, and his affidavit for the attachment was based upon grounds sufficient to justify the issuing of the process. The attachment proceedings are not set out in the case, as they should have been if they were attacked for invalidity, and,…
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