Scovill v. Glasner

Philips, C.

Respondent, plaintiff below, sued the appellant in an action of trover,’ for the wrongful taking and conversion of certain household goods, wearing apparel, etc., the property of plaintiff. At the return term, and before answer filed, the plaintiff filed an amended petition, changing the action into one for maliciously suing out a writ of attachment, under which the goods were seized, and, as alleged,, sold at a ruinous sacrifice. The amended petition set out the proceedings in the attachment suit, the grounds for which, alleged in the affidavit made by the defendant in this…