Eichenberg v. Marcy

This is an application by the defendant, under Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 206, § 9, for release from arrest, which was made upon the writ in this case in pursuance of an affidavit endorsed thereon, charging that said defendant had committed fraud in the disposition of his property.

Said affidavit was made under said § 9, which provides, amongst other things, that a writ of arrest may .be issued, c ‘ whenever the plaintiff in an action to be commenced by such writ, his agent or attorney, shall make an affidavit to be en dorsecl thereon, or, annexed thereto, that the plaintiff has a just claim…