Saunders v. Columbus Life & General Insurance
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Coahoma county. Trimble, J. The plaintiff in error assigns the following errors : 1st. The court below erred in overruling the motion of the defendant to quash the writ of attachment to Coahoma, Tunica and Bolivar counties, for the reasons assigned. 2d. The court below erred in overruling the motion of the defendant to‘quash the returns on the said writ of attachment for the reasons assigned. 3d.
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Error to the circuit court of Coahoma county. Trimble, J. The plaintiff in error assigns the following errors : 1st. The court below erred in overruling the motion of the defendant to quash the writ of attachment to Coahoma, Tunica and Bolivar counties, for the reasons assigned. 2d. The court below erred in overruling the motion of the defendant to‘quash the returns on the said writ of attachment for the reasons assigned. 3d. The court erred in overruling the motion of the defendant for a new trial for the reasons assigned. The court ought to have quashed the original and duplicate…
1Opinion of the Court
Peyton, C. J.:
This was a suit by the Columbus Life and General Insurance Company, commenced by attachment in the circuit court of Coahoma county against James E. Saunders, a nonresident of this state, on the defendant’s acceptances of two bills of exchange, one for $5,503 24, and the other for $2,821 85.
Upon the original writ of attachment issued to Coahoma county, the sheriff made the following return : “ Levied, this attachment on the following land in said county, as the property of said defendant (setting out a description of the land), containing 874 50-100. This first day of November,…
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