Hopkins v. Nichols
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before tbe Hon. A. W. Terrell. The agreed statement of the case made by the parties, and approved of by the judge, under the Act of '7th leg. p. 112, showed that an attachment issued from the court below, in favor of Hopkins, the appellant, against Nichols, the appellee ; and the only question involved in the case, for the consideration of this court, was, as to the sufficiency of the plaintiff’s affidavit, in setting out the causes for suing…
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before tbe Hon. A. W. Terrell. The agreed statement of the case made by the parties, and approved of by the judge, under the Act of '7th leg. p. 112, showed that an attachment issued from the court below, in favor of Hopkins, the appellant, against Nichols, the appellee ; and the only question involved in the case, for the consideration of this court, was, as to the sufficiency of the plaintiff’s affidavit, in setting out the causes for suing out the attachment, which was in these words: “ also, that the said defendant, Q. J. Nichols, is “about to transfer, or…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
This suit was commenced by the appellant, in the court below, against the appellee, by attachment.'
*208The affidavit, upon which the attachment issued in this case, is in the following words: “that the said defendant, Q. J. “ Nichols, is about to transfer, or secrete, or has transferred, or “secreted, his property, for the prupose of defrauding his creditors. ”It is admitted, that the affidavit was, in its other parts, formal; and it is also admitted, that all the proceedings, after the issuance of the attachment, were regular. The only question, therefore, which is presented to this court, is,…
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