Edwards v. Case
Oregon Supreme Court
From Malheur: Dalton Biggs, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Moore. This was an action in the Circuit Court of Malheur County, Oregon, by Mrs. J. S. Edwards against Mrs: Ellen Case, to recover the amount of two promissory notes.
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From Malheur: Dalton Biggs, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Moore. This was an action in the Circuit Court of Malheur County, Oregon, by Mrs. J. S. Edwards against Mrs: Ellen Case, to recover the amount of two promissory notes. The facts, as far as deemed material herein, are that the plaintiff duly secured a writ of attachment, which was directed to the sheriff of that county, who, pursuant thereto, seized some personal property of the defendant to satisfy any judgment that the plaintiff might obtain. Proof of such service was indorsed on the writ, which was thereupon sent to the…
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Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Moore.
1. Our statute declares generally that a writ of at-. tachment shall be directed to the sheriff of any county in which property of the defendant may be, and that several writs may be issued at the same time to the sheriffs of different counties: Section 298, L. O. L. The sheriff to whom the writ is directed and delivered shall execute the same without delay. A debt is attached by leaving with the debtor a certified copy of the writ and a notice specifying the property upon which a lien is thus sought to be established.
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