Swearingen v. Howser
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Harper District Court. Action by Swearingen against Howser and another, to recover money. The defendants filed a motion to dissolve an attachment in said action, which had been issued for the plaintiff. This motion was heard June 2, 1885, when the plaintiff asked leave to amend the attachment affidavit. The district judge refused to permit this amendment, and dissolved the attachment. The plaintiff brings the case here. Other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendants to recover the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. Plaintiff also filed his affidavit for an attachment with a sufficient undertaking, and thereupon the clerk of the district court issued an order of attachment, and the sheriff of Harper county attached a portion of a stock of groceries belonging to the defendants. Afterward the attorneys for the defendants made a motion before the district judge at chambers, in the city of Wellington, Sumner county, to dissolve the…
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