Gunn Hardware Co. v. Denison

On November 4, 1889, the plaintiff commenced suit against the defendant by attachment. The plaintiff's demand consisted of two items. The first item was the balance then due from defendant to plaintiff upon an open account amounting to $196.23. The second item was a promissory note dated April 26, 1889, payable January 10, 1890, for $316.16. Two affidavits were made as the foundation of the attachment proceedings,—one, in the ordinary form required by section 7987 of Howell's Statutes, stating that $196.23 was then due upon express contract; the other was an affidavit framed under the…