Easton v. Ormsby

The facts disclosed by the pleadings in this case are as follows: On the 21st day of November, 1889, the plaintiff, who was the sheriff of the county of Newport, attached certain goods and chattels of one John O. Atwater of said Newport, upon & writ of the above named date, wherein Alfred W. Hill of Malden in the State of Massachusetts, Avas plaintiff, and said John O. Atwater was defendant, which writ was returnable to the Supreme Court to be held at Newport on the 4th Monday in March, 1890.

Subsequent to the making of said attachment, and on the same day, the defendant Atwater tendered to…