Grover v. Buck

Cooley, Oh. J:

The action in the court below was brought by Buck, who was sheriff of the county of Calhoun, against parties who had tricen away and harvested certain wheat which he had attached as a growing crop, by virtue of an attachment against Powell Grover and others.

1. The defendants below insisted that the attachment was invalid because the affidavit annexed to it did not comply with the statute. The statute (Comp. L., § 6898) requires the affidavit to. state “that the defendant therein is indebted to the plaintiff, and specifying the amount of such indebtedness, as near as may be, over…