Barrow v. J. W. Burbridge & Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Iliuds county. Hou. John "Watts, judge. Í. That the'courts • of Mississippi had no jurisdiction of an attachment sued out by and against residents of other States.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Iliuds county. Hou. John "Watts, judge. Í. That the'courts • of Mississippi had no jurisdiction of an attachment sued out by and against residents of other States. Hosey v. Eerrier, 1 S. & M. 661. The present Code does not extend' the remedy by attachment to non-residents against non-residents! - It is against the policy of Mississippi for her éourts-tobe'the* forum for the settlement of controversies between citizens of other States. 2. That tbe notice to tbe defendant in tbe attachment is insufficient in not stating the sum for which the attachment was sued…
1Opinion of the CourtShackelford, C. J.
This suit was commenced by attachment in the Circuit Court for the Second District of Hinds county.
*624The affidavit, bond, and attachment are set out in the record. All appear to be regular, and in conformity with the requisitions of the statute.
There is also a bill of exceptions signed by the judge below, setting out therein that the court had overruled “ defendant’s motion to quash the attachment and dismiss the case.”
The clerk certifies in the record that there was no motion made upon the motion docket of the court, and that nothing appears of record in the case that there ever was a motion…
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