Legal Opinion
Franklin v. Ward
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island
Decided November 15, 1822No. Case No. 5,055PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
By the foreign attachment act of Rhode Island (Dig. 1798, p. 208, § 4), if the garnishees are discharged upon their disclosure, the suit is to be dismissed against the principal, as well as against the garnishees. The question is whether a judgment debt, on which execution may presently issue,' is liable to be attached on a foreign attachment My opinion is, that it is not The cases cited from the Massachusetts Reports are directly in point upon the construction of an act of that state, substantially like that of Rhode Island. My judgment proceeds not upon these cases…
2Cited by13 opinions
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