Chenault v. Chapron
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from the circuit court of Morgan county. The appellant will insist upon the following points-: 1. That the court improperly sustained the demurrer to defendant’s plea in abatement — Stevenson & Hoard v-Robbins, 5 vol. Mo. Reports. 2. That the court erred in overruling the defendant’s motion to dismiss the writ of attachment.
1Opinion of the CourtEdwards, Judge
Chapron & Niedelet sued Chenault by attachment in the Morgan circuit court.
The statement of the cause of action on which the attachment was founded, was in the form used in suits by petition in debt. The affidavit filed in the cause states that the affiant “verily believes that the above named John Chenault is about to remove his property out.of the State of Missouri, so as to hinder or delay his creditors.” At the return term of the writ, the defendant appeared and filed a plea in the nature of a plea in abatement, alleging “that he, the said John Chenault, did not intend to remove his…
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