Wright v. Smith
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. William S. Todd. The facts are stated in the Opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
This was a suit by Wright, the plaintiff in error, against Smith, the defendant in error, on a judgment from Virginia. An attachment was issued and levied on some slaves as the property of Smith. On motion, the writ of attachment was quashed, and the cause having been submitted to a jury, there was verdict for the plaintiff. The cause has been brought to this Court by the plaintiff on an assignment of error in quashing the attachment.
The grounds of the motion to quash were :
1st. That the affidavit was not in conformity with the Statute in this, that the affiant does not swear…
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