66 Iowa 629 | Iowa | 1885
In the affidavit the affiant swears that an attachment has been sued out in the cause, and that he does not know of enough property of the debtors to satisfy the creditor’s clahn, and that he believes that the debtors have property within the state not exempt from execution. The first position urged by counsel for plaintiff is that defendant did not have jurisdiction on this application to make the order, and consequently the order requiring plaintiff to attend before him, and every other order made in the course of the proceedings, is void. It is insisted that a judge is empowered to make the order requiring a party to attend before him, and submit to an examination concerning his property, only upon proof by competent evidence that a suit is pending against him in which an attachment has .been issued;, and that the only competent evidence of this fact would be the files and record of the pro
We think, however, that there was a substantial compliance with the requirement in the present case. It is shown by the transcript and the certificate attached thereto that the question which plaintiff refused to answer, and the ruling of the judge that it was a proper question and should be answered, and plaintiff’s refusal to answer it, were all taken down in Avriting at the time. The order of commitment Avas also taken down, and this writing was filed and is now preserved in the judge’s office. It is true that the only-writing made at the immediate time of the transaction was the short-hand
The order of the judge of the superior court is
Akfiemed.