Lafferty Lumber Co. v. Thomas
Lafferty Lumber Co. v. Thomas
Opinion of the Court
1. The replevy bond provided for in eases of attachment by section 5113 of the Civil Code of 1910, obligating the defendant “to pay the plaintiff the amount of the judgment and costs” that the plaintiff may recover, is required only after the levy of the attachment, and not after judgment on the attachment against the property.
2. Where an attachment has been issued, returnable before a justice of the peace, and levied upon personal property, and judgment for the plaintiff, in default, has been rendered, and the defendant in attachment, within the statutory period after judgment, enters .an appeal to a jury
3. The superior court therefore erred in sustaining the certiorari from the judgment refusing to dismiss the appeal.
Judgment reversed.
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