Cloyes v. Powder-Power Tool Corp.

WHITTAKER, District Judge.

The question to be decided is whether the property of defendant, “a foreign corporation whose chief office or place of business is out of this state”, is subject to attachment, without bond, under the statutes of Missouri.

The facts giving rise to the question are as follows. Plaintiff, a citizen of Missouri, commenced this action — one to recover damages for breach of a contract — against defendant, an Oregon corporation, in the state court of Missouri, by attachment, without bond. The statutory ground of attachment contained in plaintiff’s affidavit- was “that the…