1 Stew. 132 | Ala. | 1827
delivered the opinion of tho Court.
In cases of original attachment, it is believed to be the imperious duty .of the Court, to look through the whole proceedings, and quash if they are not in strict conformity to the statute. In the first statute on this subject, there is a material difference as to the bond to be taken in a case returnable into the Superior, or Inferior Courts ol the Mississippi Territorjq and a case cognizable by a justice of the peace. The act of 1814 was intended to consolidate the several laws on the subject. The fifth section of that act prescribes the condition of the bond in a case cognizable by a justice of the peace. This H