Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1879

Dwyer v. Benedict

Dwyer v. Benedict
Supreme Court of Rhode Island · Decided July 26, 1879 · PER CURIAM.
12 R.I. 459; 1879 R.I. LEXIS 57

Dwyer v. Benedict

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

An order made under Gen. Stat. R. I. cap. 197, §§ 2, 3, and Pub. Laws, cap. 649, of February 19, 1878, for the sale of personal property attached on mesne process is strictly incident to or dependent on the attachment, and is dissolved or annulled, together with the attachment, by the death of the defendant owner before the sale is effected.

Judgment for plaintiff for $700 and costs.

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