Hanford v. Duchastel

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff below from an order made by Chief Justice Gummere quashing a writ of attachment on the ground that the affidavit upon which the writ was issued did not set forth a cause of action.

We are of the opinion that the writ was properly quashed.

Putting out of view the allegations respecting the defendant’s non-residence, the affidavit, stripped of its verbiage, sets forth the following matters of fact:

On July 3d, 1913, in New York City, the plaintiff entrusted to Butts & Vining, her attorneys, $14,000, to be…