L. A. Hardee & Co. v. Langford
Supreme Court of Florida
Appe.al from the Circuit Court of Columbia County, Hon. J. J. Finley presiding. This was an action of assumpsit instituted by appellants by attachment. The ground alleged in the affidavit on which the writ of attachment issued, is ** that the said George Langford is fraudulently disposing of his property for the purpose of avoiding the payment of his just debts.”
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Appe.al from the Circuit Court of Columbia County, Hon. J. J. Finley presiding. This was an action of assumpsit instituted by appellants by attachment. The ground alleged in the affidavit on which the writ of attachment issued, is ** that the said George Langford is fraudulently disposing of his property for the purpose of avoiding the payment of his just debts.” The defendant Langford afterwards made affidavit, declaring the said allegation of the plaintiff upon which the writ of attachment issued, to be untrue. Preyipus to the trial of the issue thus joined, the plaintiffs moved a…
1Opinion of the Court
DUPONT J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case comes up from the Circuit Court of Columbia county, and should properly Ifave been heard at the last term of the Court held at Jacksonville, in the Eastern Judicial District; but upon the application of the Counsel and for their accommodation, we have consented to have it docketed and heard at the present Term in the city of Tallahassee.
The point in controversy arose upon a motion to dissolve an attachment which had been sued out by the plaintiffs, and levied upon the property of the defendant. The ground set forth in the affidavit and…
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- Dawkins v. CarrollSupreme Court of Florida · 1854
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