Mathews v. Eby

This was an action brought in the circuit court of Scott county on an account in the sum of $375, and a writ of attachment was sued out in aid thereof, the ground for attachment being that the debt sued for was fraudulently contracted. This writ was levied on three mules — the subjects of this controversy. The defendant filed a plea in abatement which, among other things, denied that the debt sued for was fraudulently contracted. The verdict of the jury sustained the attachment. The defendant then answered, but upon plaintiff’s motion, a part of the answer was stricken out, and defendant…