Jaffray v. Jennings

Plaintiffs were copartners', residing in New York, and were jobbers, of whom the defendants (father and son, and also partners) purchased goods. The son, Ward L. Jennings, having purchased a quantity of goods for his firm from the plaintiffs, the latter commenced proceedings by attachment upon an affidavit which alleged that the defendants fraudulently contracted the debt upon which the action was brought, viz., that arising from the purchase mentioned.2 The writ was levied upon property belonging to the father, and upon his application the attachment was dissolved by the circuit judge. It…