Bushel v. Commonwealth Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The plaintiffs, John Bushel and William Seaward, issued a foreign attachment against the Commonwealth Insurance Company of Boston, Massachusetts, and attached certain property belonging to them, in the hands of Ralston and Lyman, as garnishees. A rule was obtained on the plaintiffs, to show their cause of action, and why the attachment should not be dissolved, on .the ground that it had been issued against a foreign corporation.
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, J.
The plaintiffs have issued a foreign attachment, and have attached, in the .hands of Ralston and Lyman, as garnishees, certain property belonging to the defendants. On motion, the following rule has been entered. Rule on the plaintiffs to show cause of action, and why the attachment should not be dissolved, on the ground that.it has issued against a foreign corporation. Cause of action has been shown by the plaintiffs, so that the single question is, whether a foreign corporation is within the true intent and meaning of the laws regulating attachment, and particularly the act of 1705,…
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