Legal Opinion

Pech Manuf'g Co. v. Groves

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided February 2, 1895PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from circuit court,' Codington county. Hon. J. O. Andrews, Judge. Action to recover upon certain promissory notes. Upon the ground that defendant was a nonresident of this state an attachment was issued. Prom an order denying a motion to discharge the attachment defendant appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion. Statutes relating to attachment proceedings should be strictly construed.

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Appeal from circuit court,' Codington county. Hon. J. O. Andrews, Judge. Action to recover upon certain promissory notes. Upon the ground that defendant was a nonresident of this state an attachment was issued. Prom an order denying a motion to discharge the attachment defendant appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion. Statutes relating to attachment proceedings should be strictly construed. William Deering & Co. v. Warren, 44 N. W. 1068; Wylie v. Altman, 11 N. Y. 33; ’Wando Phosphate Co. v. Rosenburg, 17 S. E. 969. Non-residence such as to make a person’s property liable to attachment…

1Opinion of the Court

Fuller, J'.

On the 19th day of May, 1893, in a suit on two promissory notes executed by defendant to plaintiff, and secured by a chattel mortgage, and upon the ground that the defendant was not a resident of this state, plaintiff caused an attachment to be levied upon a certain tract of land belonging to the defendant, and also upon two horses and a set of double harness; the same being a part of the personal property described in the mortgage, and which were afterwards, by legal' process, taken from the possession of the attaching officer by a third party, to whom such property had been…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Frost & Dickinson v. BrisbinNew York Supreme Court · 1837
  2. Haggart v. . MorganNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
  3. Hanson v. GrahamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Morgan v. NunesMississippi Supreme Court · 1877
  5. Wright v. LeeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1892

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Beigler v. ChamberlinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
  2. Peter & Burghard Stone Co. v. CarperIndiana Court of Appeals · 1930
  3. Reed v. ToddSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Culhane Adjustment Co. v. FarrandSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Webb v. WheelerNebraska Supreme Court · 1907

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