Pierce v. Carskadon

83 U.S. 234

21 L.Ed. 276

16 Wall. 234

PIERCE ET AL.

v.

CARSKADON.

December Term, 1872

ERROR to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; the case being thus:

In August, 1864, one Carskadon brought an action of trespass de bonis asportatis against Pierce, Williams, and others, in one of the State courts of West Virginia, and at the same time sued out an attachment against their real estate; and on the 20th of December, 1864, recovered a judgment against Pierce and Williams for $690.

The attachment which gave the court jurisdiction, was sued out under an act of West Virginia, passed 25th September,…