McCormick v. Hawks

The appellant, .A. L. McCormick, instituted an attachment suit in the circuit court of Tate county against B, F. Hawks, appellee. He alleged various grounds of attachment, one of which was that appellee was a nonresident of the state, and, upon the trial of the issue raised by plea in abatement traversing the affidavit for attachment, the jury found that the attachment had been wrongfully sued out, and assessed damages. Thereupon appel*117lee filed a motion to dismiss the canse, on the ground that the circuit court of Tate county" was without jurisdiction to hear the cause on the merits or…