Mississippi Supreme Court, 1891

Purnell v. Frank

Purnell v. Frank
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided April 15, 1891 · Campbell
68 Miss. 639

Purnell v. Frank

Opinion of the Court

CAMPBELL, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The record before us very poorly presents the case, but enough appears to show that the attachment for rent was sued out against a dead man, and when one appeared and claimed a portion of the *641goods seized, the landlord sought to justify the taking and detention of the goods by virtue of this attachment, which was plainly void. The avowry is bad, and should have been so held.

Reversed and remanded.

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