Noyes v. Canada

Fostee, ,T.

This proceeding was commenced by the plaintiffs against defendant, Enos Canada, on December 1, 1886, to recover on account of goods sold and delivered to defendant. The petition alleges that the plaintiffs are citizens of the state of Missouri, and that defendant is an alien and a resident of Canada. At the time of filing the petition, the plaintiffs swore out a warrant of attachment and garnishment against the goods and properly of the defendant. It appears from the marshal’s return on the summons that the defendant was not found in this district, and no service of the writ was…