Hafley & Son v. Patterson & Templeton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lawrence. Tried before the Hon. James S. Clark.* The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion,
1Opinion of the CourtB. F. Saffold, J.
This suit was commenced by attachment, and the single question involved by the appeal is whether the affidavit contains a sufficient statement of any legal ground for its issue.
The affiant swears that the defendants, Patterson & Templeton, are “ fraudulently disposing of their goods, so as to evade the payment of their debts by ordinary process of law.” Is this equivalent, in substance, to the cases specified in section 2928 of the Revised Code, sub-division 6, “ when the defendant is about fraudulently to dispose of his property ” ? or sub-division 7, “when the defendant has fraudulently…
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