Senecal v. Smith

The petitioners allege that on the 20th of November, 1838, the defendant brought against them a suit in which she levied an attachment on the goods forming their stock in trade, and at the same time took out an order of bail against Amable Sénécal, who was arrested and held in custody, *419under bail in tbe sum of $13,000, for a great length of time ; that they obtained in said suit a verdict and judgment in their favor, which were afterwards affirmed by this court; that, in consequence of the wrongful suing out of this attachment, and of the defendant’s other illegal proceedings therein, their…