Superior Court of Delaware, 1899

Bellah v. Hilles

Bellah v. Hilles
Superior Court of Delaware · Decided March 30, 1899
18 Del. 34; 2 Penne. 34; 43 A. 89; 1899 Del. LEXIS 6

Counsel

Charles W. Smith and Peter L. Cooper, Jr., for plaintiff., William S. Hilles for defendant., Counsel for plaintiff

Bellah v. Hilles

Opinion of the Court

The Court

held that as foreign attachment was only to compel appearance and that as the defendant had appeared by putting in special bail, under the express terms of the statute, the case proceeded as in cases commenced by summons, and that the plaintiff *35was therefore entitled to amend.

Waples and wife vs. McIlvaine’s Admr., 5 Harr., 381; McColley vs. Collins, 5 Harr., 391; Benjamin’s Executors vs. Boyce, 3 Harr., 315; Collins vs. Townsend, 2 Harr., 317.

Amendment allowed.

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