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Miller v. Spreeher

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 15, 1796PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Writ of error to Cumberland county. The plaintiffs issued a foreign attachment against the defendant to October term 1792. Thomas Weistar issued a domestic attachment against him to April term 1793, and obtained a rule to show cause why the first attachment should not be set aside. On the 30th September 1793, the court on argument, dissolved the foreign attachment.

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Writ of error to Cumberland county. The plaintiffs issued a foreign attachment against the defendant to October term 1792. Thomas Weistar issued a domestic attachment against him to April term 1793, and obtained a rule to show cause why the first attachment should not be set aside. On the 30th September 1793, the court on argument, dissolved the foreign attachment. Certain depositions accompanied the record, showing that the defendant lately before lived and kept store in the county of Cumberland, and occasionally had traded to Virginia; and that at the time of levying the foreign attachment,…

1Opinion of the Court

Writ of error quashed.

Smith, J. gave no opinion, having determined the case as president of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county.

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Nicoll v. McCaffreySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  2. Righter v. RittenhouseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1832
  3. Bain v. FunkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1869
  4. Pennsylvania Railroad v. First German Lutheran CongregationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
  5. Lindsley v. MaloneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854

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