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Graves v. Cole

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 15, 1848

Supreme Court of Iowa · decided 1848-06-15

Error, to Wapello District Court. Tins was an action of assumpsit commenced in the district court against Cole, upon which a writ of attachment was issued. Among other proceedings in the court below, a motion was made to dismiss the attachment, on the ground of alleged, defects in the affidavit upon which the writ of attachment was issued. The motion was sustained by the court; and the plaintiff was authorized to amend his affidavit, which he accordingly did.

Decided 1848-06-15

¶1Opinion by

Hastings, C. J.

¶2It appears from the record, that the defendant’s motion to quash the writ of attachment, for reasons then stated, was sustained by the court, and at the same time leave given to the plaintiff to amend his affidavit. It appears the plaintiff did so amend, and no further objections were taken to the sufficiency of the affidavit, nor any further motion made to resist the attachment.

¶3The error complained of is, that the court below sustained a motion to dissolve the attachment unconditionally. The statute permits a plaintiff to amend a defective bond or affidavit, in cases of attachment. The judgment of the court below dissolving the attachment, and giving leave to amend, is inconsistent; and the error is to be presumed to have been that of the clerk, in making the entries.

¶4Although the writ of error runs to the judgment, yet it *406will reach the entire record, and inasmuch as the attachment and proceedings thereon appear to be regular, and no objections seem to have been urged against them after the amended affidavit was filed, the judgment of the court below, ordering a dissolution of the attachment, is reversed.

¶5Judgment reversed.

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