65 Miss. 454
Decided April 15, 1888
Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1888-04-15
Hon. A. G-. Mayers, Judge. Virginia V. Dunlap, executrix of the last will and testament of D. B. Dunlap, deceased, sued out an attachment against A. Q. Clay.
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Decided 1888-04-15
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently October 1946
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¶1delivered the opinion of the Court. .
¶2It was not necessary that the agent of plaintiff should “ hold up his hand and swear,” to make his act an oath to the truth of the matters set out for grounds of attachment.
¶3The affiant and the officer both understood that what was done was all that was necessary to complete the oath, and what was done was sufficiently formal.
¶4Wharton on Criminal Law, Sec. 2205.
¶5The judgment is reversed, the motion to quash overruled and cause remanded.