Amyett v. . Backhouse

The Court charged the jury, that under these circumstances, the title of the Defendant's son, under whom he held, was bad: but that the plaintiff must recover by the strength of his own title, and that by reason of the lien created by the attachment, the Plaintiff had not a good title. The jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff; and a rule for a new trial being obtained, it was sent to this Court.

For the lessor of the Plaintiff, it was argued that it was provided by the act of the second session of 1777, ch. 2, sec. 25, "that original attachments shall be returned to Court and be deemed the…