Hollingsworth v. Hamelin

1 U.S. 151

1 Dall. 151

1 L.Ed. 77

Hollingsworth

v.

Hamelin

No. ____.

Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County.

December Term, 1785

1

The defendant having absconded, a domestic attachment issued against him at the suit of the plaintiff, and the auditors, under that process, having advertised that all persons, who had demands, should send in their accounts, in a reasonable time afterwards, made a dividend among the creditors that filed their claims. Previously to issuing the domestic attachment, the defendant was indebted to the Commonwealth for duties upon a cargo imported, and having given bond to…