Messrs. Dial Todd, for appellant, cite: Construction of attachment statutes: 31 S.C. 307 ; 24 S.C. 202 ; 6 S.C. 169 ; 10 S.C. 469 ; 13 S.C. 478 ; 21 S.C. 584 ; 32 S.C. 157 ; 3 Ency., 184: 4 Cyc., 400. Verification of the complaint: 50 S.C. 192 ; 33 S.C. 254 ; 4 Cyc., 412; 1 Bail., 185; 6 S.C. 169 ; 10 S.C. 469 ; 21 S.C. 583 ; 24 S.C. 202 ; 25 S.C. 461 ; 31 S.C. 47 , 444 ; 42 S.C. 162 ; 31 S.C. 301 . Amount claimed is not specified: Code of Proc., 250; 32 S.C. 159 ; Drake on At., 86; 4 Cyc., 444, 445, 500; 73 Me., 404 ; 5 N.Y. Supp., 568: 1 Shinn on At., 214, 16; 32 S.C. 159 ; 12 La. Ann., 110. This action is not within the Code provisions: Code of Proc., 248; Harp., 219; 78 S.C. 20 ; 31 S.C. 368 ; 41 S.C. 22 ; 58 S.C. 406 ; 31 S.C. 360 ; 18 Abb. Pr., 291; 3 Ency., 193, 184; 3 Abb. N.S. (N. Y.), 248; Drake on Att., secs. 9, 34; 1 Shinn on At., 31; 4 Cyc., 459; 4 Cyc., 440; 25 N.W., 21. Action of the plaintiff's agent to commence the action: 107 Va., 187 ; 71 N. J.L., 434. This action cannot be maintained in our courts: 24 L.Ed., 565 ; 144 U.S. 44 ; 39 S.C. 497 ; 4 Cyc., 457, 10; 33 S.C. 353 ; 113 Ga. 259 .
Messrs. Logan Edmunds , contra, cite: Will an attachment lie in an equity cause? 14 Stat., 474; Act Dec. 23, 1879; 50 S.C. 12 ; 78 S.C. 20 ; 41 S.C. 22 ; 31 S.C. 26 , 361 ; 58 S.C. 398 ; 3 Pom. Eq. Jur., 465; 52 Am. R., 662; 85 Col., 642; 35 S.W. 708 ; 5 Minn., 569 ; Drake on Att., secs. 27, 34; 12 Ohio State, 165; 11 Ill., 471 ; 24 Neb. 782 ; 89 Fed.R., 964. Sufficiency of allegations of departure: 31 S.C. 46 ; 37 S.C. 87 ; 39 S.C. 484 . Amount claimed is sufficiently and definitely set forth: 62 S.C. 526 ; 6 S.C. 169 ; 4 Cyc., 494; 13 Louis, 345; Drake on At., sec. 95. Action is sustainable in our Courts , 95 U.S. 174 ; 35 S.C. 94 ; 5 Rich., 63; 10 Wall, 306; 61 Miss., 170 .
Carolina Agency Co. v. GarlingtonOpinion of the Court
The opinion of the Count was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.The judgment of this Court is that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed, for the reasons therein stated.
Mr. Justice Hydricic
was disqualified in this case.Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.