74 W. Va. 756 | W. Va. | 1914
By this writ of error defendants seeks the reversal of an
Sec. 10, Ch. 106, serial section 4464, Code 1913, provides for the retention of attached property by the owner, or its return to the person in whose possession it was, on giving bond with condition to have the same forthcoming at such time and place as the court may require. It also provides for the release of the property from the attachment on the giving of bond with condition to perform the judgment or decree of the court. Two bonds are therein provided for having different objects; one is to enable the party in whose possession the property is to retain it without affecting the attachment, and the other is to discharge the attachment. A bond to perform the judgment discharges the lien of the attachment, and becomes a substitute for the rem.' The attachment had been served upon the Kanawha & Michigan Railway Company as defendant’s debtor, or as having in. its possession and control property belonging to them. The bond given was in the pen
The judgment will be reversed and an order entered here quashing the attachment, and the cause will be remanded for .such further proceedings to be had therein as plaintiff may be advised it has a right to take.
Reversed and Remanded.