Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1822

Hill v. Hunnewell

Hill v. Hunnewell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1822
18 Mass. 192

Hill v. Hunnewell

Opinion of the Court

The Court held, that the mere fact of entering into sucn a reference dissolves an attachment, for otherwise subsequently attaching creditors might be injured ; and that it likewise discharges bail. And Jackson J. remarked, that in order to save an attachment, it was usual for parties to enter into a reference of the action, and of all demands which the defendant has against the plaintiff.1

Bean v. Parker, 17 Mass. R. 603; Mooney v. Kavanagh, 4 Greenl. 277.

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