Oil Well Core Drilling Co. v. Barnhart

This appeal is from an order granting the defendants’ motion to dissolve an attachment. The motion was granted on the ground that the attachment was improperly issued “in that the cause of action as disclosed in the pleadings is not one on an express contract for the direct payment of money as alleged in the affidavit”.

The complaint contains three counts. The first alleges that the defendants became indebted to the plaintiff for goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered in the sum of $15,000. The second count alleges that the defendants became indebted to the plaintiff for moneys had…