Melvin v. Scowley

This action was begun by original attachment issued out of the circuit court. The plaintiff (appellant) in attachment and the defendant (appellee) were residents of the state of Illinois. The ground of attachment, as alleged in the affidavit, was that upon which one nonresident is permitted, under the laws of Alabama, to sue out an attachment against another nonresi dent. Code 1907, § 2930; Code 1923, § 6178. Plaintiff alleged in his affidavit that, according to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief, the defendant “has not sufficient property within the state of his residence…