7 Kan. 419 | Kan. | 1871
The opinion of the court was delivered by
It seems to be conceded by the defendants that the affidavit upon which the attachment was issued is sufficient ; hence the motion to dissolve the attachment was not based upon.any supposed deficiency in the affidavit, but it was based upon a fact (that the action was “ to foreclose a mechanic’s lien,”) to be shown by the other papers in the case: GeD. Stat, 673, §229. The defendants chose to rest their motion to dissolve the attachment upon the sole ground that an attachment does not lie in an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. ^hey did not attempt to show that the lien itself was a sufficient security for the plaintiffs’ claim, and they objected to the plaintiffs showing that it was not a sufficient security. They objected to the plaintiffs showing that in fact they had no lien at all, and therefore that they had no security whatever, and the judge below sustained the objection. It will be conceded that if it had been shown that the lien itself was a sufficient security for the plaintiffs’ claim, it would have been the duty of the court below, or judge, to dissolve the attachment. In fact, it is even probable that when the question is properly raised it devolves upon the plaintiff to show that the lien is not a sufficient, security, or else it will be the duty of the court or judge to dissolve the attachment; It can hardly be supposed that the law intends to give to the plaintiff a double security. ■ The order of the judge below must be reversed.