19 Wis. 174 | Wis. | 1865
By the Court,
It is claimed that the attachment proceeding under which the appellant claims title, is void. If this objection is sustained it effectually disposes of the case, and it will be unnecessary to notice other points discussed by counsel. Were then the attachment proceedings void ? It is insisted that they were, and that the affidavit for the writ was insufficient to give the court jurisdiction. The affidavit was made by the attorney of the plaintiffs in the attachment suit; and the particular objection taken to it is, that it only states the indebtedness of the defendant on the belief of the attorney. The language of the affidavit upon this point reads as follows (after stating that the affiant had been retained as attorney by the plaintiffs to prosecute a suit against E. Stanley Smith, the defendant): “ and that I have good reason to believe, and do believe, said E. Stanley Smith is justly indebted to said firm of Mead, Eogers, & Co,, in the sum of three hun
The attachment proceeding was therefore void .on account of this radical defect in the affidavit.
The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.