Baker v. Haycox Co.

MaoDade, J.,

The plaintiff issued a writ of foreign attachment in assumpsit, being a proceeding partly in rem and partly in personam (Coleman’s Appeal, 75 Pa. 441), on October 26, 1928, and the sheriff in execution of such writ attached certain moneys, credits and interests of the defendant, Haycox Company, Inc., in the hands, possession or control of the *209Ford Motor Company, and served the statement of claim on October 29, 1928; the sheriff so returned his writ and in addition thereto returned the said writ “nihil habet” as to Haycox Company, Inc.

This writ, which is not an action, was…