Long v. Girdwood
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 181, July T., 1891, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Pbila. Co., March T., 1885, No. 9, on verdict for defendant. Foreign attachment, attaching moneys due defendants. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Plaintiffs testified that they were citizens of the United States, one of Missouri and the other of New York, although domiciled and in business in Canada for many years.
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Appeal, No. 181, July T., 1891, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Pbila. Co., March T., 1885, No. 9, on verdict for defendant. Foreign attachment, attaching moneys due defendants. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Plaintiffs testified that they were citizens of the United States, one of Missouri and the other of New York, although domiciled and in business in Canada for many years. By agreement of counsel, defendants offered a certified copy of the act and warrant of confirmation, by the sheriff in Scotland, of the trustee of defendant’s estate, certifying that…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice McCollum,
The debt for the collection of which the writ of foreign attachment was issued was contracted in a foreign country. Long and Bisby, who are the plaintiffs in the attachment and the appellants here, are, and since 1863 have been, domiciled at Hamilton in Canada and engaged in business there; the defendants in the attachment are citizens of Scotland and members of the firm of Girdwood & Forrest, wool brokers at Glasgow, which is indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $1,798.85; McCallum, Crease & Sloan who are the garnishees in the attachment and the appellees…
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