Atlas Garage & Custom Builders, Inc. v. Hurley

I cannot agree that the subsequent attachment of the plaintiff Atlas takes precedence over the prior attachment of the defendant Hurley. It is undisputed that both attachments were validly made in accordance with the *259provisions of the pertinent statutes. When a valid attachment is made, a lien on the property attached is created, which lien can be erased only by a subsequent dissolution of the attachment. Drake, Attachment (6th Ed.) §224. “An attachment of property on mesne process is a mode of obtaining security for the satisfaction of any judgment which the plaintiff may finally recover.”…