Toland v. Sprague
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court o'f the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. This action was commenced on the fifth'day "of August, 1834, by the plaintiff in error, by process, of foreign ¿ttáchmen.t, in the circuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania; The writ of attachment stated the defendant, Horatio Sprague, to. be a citizen of the' state of Massachusetts, and the plaintiff- to be a citizen of thé state of Pennsylvania.
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ERROR to the circuit court o'f the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. This action was commenced on the fifth'day "of August, 1834, by the plaintiff in error, by process, of foreign ¿ttáchmen.t, in the circuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania; The writ of attachment stated the defendant, Horatio Sprague, to. be a citizen of the' state of Massachusetts, and the plaintiff- to be a citizen of thé state of Pennsylvania. The attachment was served on the'property of the defendant on the-sixth day of August, 1834, in the hands of Mr. John M‘Crea, Mr. S. Brown, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barbotjr
This is a writ of error to a judgmént .of the circuit court of the •United States for the district of Pennsylvania.. The suit was commenced by the.plaintiff .in error .against the defendant in error, by a process known in Pennsylvania -by the name of a foreign attachment; by which, according to the laws of that state,.a debtor who.is not an inhabitant of the commonwealth, is liable to - be. attached by his property found therein, to appear and ■answer a-suit brought against him by a creditor.
It appears upon the record, that the plaintiff is a citizen of Pennsylvania; and the defendant a…
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