Frankel v. Donehoo (Nesbitt)

Opinion by

Me. Justice Kephart,

This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to quash a writ of foreign attachment. Early in our judicial history, amendments to an affidavit of cause of action in a foreign attachment were not permitted: Eldridge v. Robinson, 4 S. & R. 548. We follow this practice “because we think it better adapted to produce certainty and avoid temptation to perjury.” The fact that only goods and not the body was detained was held not a sufficient cause for a change of rule. “A detention of goods may not be so grievous......but may do great injury.” Therefore, the…