English v. Otis

The bearing of the questions of law brought before us on this appeal can be more clearly understood if the facts appearing in the record without substantial conflict are first set out. In January, 1901, action was brought in Hnion county against W. W. English, who is the plaintiff in this action, by Susan English, his divorced wife, to recover judgment on a promissory note. Neither the plaintiff nor the defendant in that action was a resident of Iowa, but the plaintiff asked-for an attachment against certain land alleged to be the property' of that defendant there situated, on the ground that…