Tanko v. Saperstein

HOFFMAN, District Judge.

The defendants in this proceeding have filed their motion to quash a writ of attachment because the affidavit filed in support of the writ was acknowledged before a notary public whose commission had expired. The plaintiffs have filed a counter-motion for leave to file an amended affidavit.

The action, brought for the recovery of a sum allegedly due upon a contract, was originally commenced in the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois. Since the defendants were citizens and residents of California, not subject to service of process in Illinois, the plaintiffs sought…