164 P. 727 | Mont. | 1917
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Continental Oil Company - commenced an action against J. W. Jameson to enforce payment for certain goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered to the defendant. A writ of attachment was issued and property belonging to the defendant seized. A motion to discharge the attachment, on the ground that an affidavit had not been presented at the time the writ was issued, was granted, and plaintiff appealed from the order.
“Affidavit of Attachment.
‘ ‘ State of Montana
County of Blaine — ss.:
“W. B. Sands, being duly sworn, says: That he is the attorney for plaintiff in the above-entitled action. That the defendant*468 in the said action is indebted to it in the sum of eight hundred sixty-one dollars, lawful money of the United States, over and above all legal setoffs and counterclaims, upon an express contract for the direct payment of money, to wit: A balance due for merchandise sold by plaintiff to defendant of eight hundred sixty-one dollars. That the same is now due, and that the payment of the same is not scoured, by any mortgage, lien, or pledge upon real or personal property. That the attachment is not sought, and the action is not prosecuted to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of the defendant.
“W. B. Sands.
“Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of Nov., A. D. 1915.
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“Notary Public for Montana Residing at Chinook, Montana.
“My commission expires.”
The motion to discharge was made upon the record and not upon affidavits. Section 6682, Revised Codes, provides: “If the motion be made upon affidavits on the part of the defendant, but not otherwise, the plaintiff may oppose the same by affidavits or other evidence, in addition to those on which the attachment was made.” In the absence of an application to amend, the trial court had before it nothing to disclose the true character of the writing, and its order was commanded by section 6683.
The order is affirmed.
Affirmed.