Branson v. Shinn
Supreme Court of New Jersey
A certiorari was issued from this court, directed to the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Monmouth, removing the proceedings had on a writ of attachment. The facts and circumstances of the case are fully disclosed in the opinion of the court, delivered by Justice Ford.
1Opinion of the CourtFord, J.
An attachment was taken out of the Court of Common Pleas of Monmouth county, against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of Thomas Branson, on an affidavit of Ezra Shinn, that he verily believed the said Branson absconded from his creditors, and was not resident in the state. On the return of the writ, Branson moved to set it aside on affidavits to the following effect. That he resides at New Egypt in the county of Monmouth, where he has kept house for a number of years, having a family of children and his sister for house keeper; that he is a public inn-keeper there, and carries on…
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- M'Queen v. Middle-town Manufacturing Co.New York Supreme Court · 1819
- Hammon v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1856
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- McQueeny v. J. W. Fergusson & Sons, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1981