Graves v. Strozier
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion to dismiss Attachment. Decided by Judge Vason. Lee Superior Court. September Adjourned Term, 1867. On the 20th August, 1867, Strozier brought an action in Lee Superior Court, against Graves, for the seduction of plaintiff’s daughter, laying his damages at $25,000, and praying for bail process. On the day after the filing of this writ, the sheriff returned that Graves was not to be found in said county.
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Motion to dismiss Attachment. Decided by Judge Vason. Lee Superior Court. September Adjourned Term, 1867. On the 20th August, 1867, Strozier brought an action in Lee Superior Court, against Graves, for the seduction of plaintiff’s daughter, laying his damages at $25,000, and praying for bail process. On the day after the filing of this writ, the sheriff returned that Graves was not to be found in said county. And on the day after this return, to-wit: on the 22d August, 1867, Strozier sued out an attachment against Graves for said cause. The attachment affidavit was as follows: ** Georgia,…
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, C. J.
1. The error assigned to the judgment of the Court below in this case, is the overruling the motion to dismiss the attachment upon the several grounds specified therein. First, that there was no equity or action pending in the Court, upon which to predicate the attachment. By the 3212th section of the Revised Code, it is declared, that in all cases where a plaintiff has commenced, suit for the recovery of a debt, and the defendant, during the pendency of such suit, shall become subject to attachment according to the provisions of the Code, such plaintiff shall be entitled to an attachment in…
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