McFadden v. Whitney

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

In January, 1887, the defendants caused a writ of attachment to be issued by a justice of the peace against the plaintiff for the sum of $200. Under this attachment the goods of the plaintiff were attached and sold. On the 8th of February, 1887, this suit was discontinued, and the defendants caused another attachment to be issued against the plaintiff out of the Gloucester county Circuit Court. Under this second attachment the same goods of the plaintiff were again attached.

The second writ of attachment was afterwards quashed by said…