Com. ex rel. Cord v. Magnolia Villa Land & Improvement Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 232, Jan. T., 1894 .by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., 1892, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit on bond given in attachment proceedings under act of March 17, 1869. Before Biddle, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 232, Jan. T., 1894 .by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., 1892, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit on bond given in attachment proceedings under act of March 17, 1869. Before Biddle, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The jury, after having been charged, returned to ask a question ; the court thereupon charged them further as follows : ■ “ [The question which you ask me is ‘ Can the jurjr allow plaintiff damages for loss of reputation- and credit in consequence of this attachment, or are we confined to the actual money damages sustained by…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Fell,
This action was upon a bond given in a proceeding under the Act of March 17, 1869, and its supplements, by which the personal property of the plaintiff was attached. The condition of the bond follows the language of the Act of 1869, as amended by the Act of May 24, 1887, and is : “ Now the condition cif this obligation is such that if the said plaintiffs shall fail to prosecute such attachment with effect, or if such attachment be quashed, dissolved or ended, the said plaintiffs shall pay to the said defendants all legal costs, fees and damages which the said…
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