Clark v. Gilbert
Clark v. Gilbert
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiffs in error were defendants in an action of assumpsit commenced by the defendant in error in the district court for Dane county, by attachment. The affidavit for the attachment was made before the clerk of the said court, before the attachment law was amended, and is as follows: “William H. Bruce, agent of Francis (Gilbert, being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that Satterlee Ciarle and Henry Jones, by the name of Ciarle & Jones, are justly indebted to the said Gilbert, in the sum of $305.50, on a note of hand and balance of account, and that he verily believes that said Ciarle efe Jones are about fraudulently to dispose of their property, so as to hinder their creditor, the said Gilbert: ” On which the clerk make this indorsement: “The above affidavit, being subscribed and sworn to, is to me satisfactory evidence that the matters therein set forth are true.
A motion was made in the district court on the part of the defendants, to quash the writ for insufficiency of the affidavit, and also of the indorsement of satisfaction by the clerk. The motion was overruled, and this forms the assignment of error in this court.
An inspection of the paper is sufficient to satisfy the court that the district court did not err. The affidavit is complete, according to the form, under the statute before the amendment. The certificate of the officer is all that is required. We understand by it that the officer was satisfied that the defendants were about fraudulently to dispose of their property, so as to hinder their creditor, the plaintiff.
Judgment affirmed with costs.
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- Clark and another v. Gilbert
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