Bellah v. Poole
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 301, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from order of C. P. Delaware Co., Dec. T., 1900, No. 217, discharging rule to quash foreign attachment in case of Edward T. Bellah, to use of Thomas S. Bellah, to use of Charles F. Sherburne v. Millard T. Poole. Rule to quash writ of foreign attachment. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Justice Mestrezat,
This is an appeal by the defendant from the refusal of the court below to quash a writ of foreign attachment. He alleges that at the impetration of the writ he was and has since been a resident of this state.
The writ was issued in the court of common pleas of Delaware county on January 30,1901, and was returnable the first Monday of the following March. Bail in $1,600 was required. The writ was executed by the sheriff on the day it was issued by attaching certain property of the defendant in the city of Chester. On January 31, 1901, the plaintiff filed his…
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