Allen Trucking Co., Inc. v. Adams

HOLMES, Judge.

The dispositive issue on this appeal is whether Alabama’s attachment law, to wit, Tit. 7, § 845 et seq., is constitutional. We hold that it is under the facts as presented in the instant appeal.

The record which consists in the main of pleadings and affidavits reveal the following:

The appellant-trucking company filed suit against the appellee on February 17, 1975, claiming approximately $4,000 due by open account. On the same day appellant filed an affidavit commencing an attachment proceeding against property owned by appellee. The basis of the attachment was the nonresidency of…