21 F. Cas. 138 | U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island | 1856
This is a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction. The suit was commenced by a writ of capias and attachment, in the form prescribed by the statute law of Rhode Island. This writ empowers and requires the officer to arrest the body of the defendant, and for want of the body, to attach his goods and chattels. The stat- : ute also provides, that when any person shall