Campbell v. Morris
General Court of Virginia
IN this case an attachment on warrant issued in virtue of the act of If95, c. 56. to Prince George’s county, and a duplicate thereof to Frederick county. The attachment to Prince George’s was laid on certain property in the district of Columbia, and returned as the lands and tenements of Robert Morris. The attachment to Frederick was laid on property in Monocasy manor, and also returned to be the lands and. tenements of Robert Morris.
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IN this case an attachment on warrant issued in virtue of the act of If95, c. 56. to Prince George’s county, and a duplicate thereof to Frederick county. The attachment to Prince George’s was laid on certain property in the district of Columbia, and returned as the lands and tenements of Robert Morris. The attachment to Frederick was laid on property in Monocasy manor, and also returned to be the lands and. tenements of Robert Morris. Robert Morris being called to show cause why condemnation should not be adjudged of the lands and tenements, &c. attached, the said Robert Morris, by his…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
(absent the chief judge,) delivered the following opinion of the court:
The case before the court is acknowledged to be of great importance, and has been fully and ably argued, and they have endeavoured to form a right judgment upon it, after considering it in the best manner they are able.
The court are of opinion that upon the return of an attachment, the defendant cannot appear without bail, if cause of bail appears on the proceeding, and cause of bail must appear, if the act of assembly has been pursued, because there must be proof of the debt before the attachment can issue.
The attachment…
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