Nashville Bank v. Ragsdale

An original attachment issued, and came to the sheriff’s hands on the 6th June, 1822, in favor of Ragsdale v. Matthew Johnson. The sheriff returned that he could not find any goods and chattels, &c. and had summoned Jesse Taylor and James L. Armstrong to appear at the next Circuit Court in December, 1822. The attachment was issued returnable by a justice of the peace, to the Circuit Court. At December term, A. D. 1822, a declaration was filed on a bill single for $ 2,814, and Armstrong and Taylor appeared in Court, and, by consent, time was given to them until the third day of the next term…