Merchants Credit Service, Inc. v. Chouteau County Bank

The legislature undoubtedly had good reason for requiring a separate writ for each county. Whatever the reason for it, it is the law. And if the law means anything it is that a writ has no force and can be of no effect outside of the county for which it is issued. And that being true, anything done under it in an outside county is as if there were no writ in the hands of the officer acting. (Bybee v. Ashby, (Ill.) 2 Gilman, 151; 43 Am. Dec. 47; Edwards v. Case, 78 Or. 220, 152 P. 880;Pillsbury v. Smyth, 25 Me. 427; Corrigan v. Kahn,120 Misc. 161, 198 N.Y. Supp. 785; Huber v.…