Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1848-07-20
Chapter vi.
An &C, relating TO civil actions.

An act relating 10 civil actions.
Sec. Be i, enacted by the Senate and
House vi Reprps, natives in General AS
semhly convened, That whenever my
goods, chatiels, shares in any corpora~
lion, or real estate, shall be attached, or
whenever any debt or effects shall be ta>
ken bp process Of foreign attachment, the
defendant, II the cot or damages deman-
ded do mol exceed three hundred dollars
my make application 10 any authority
having power 10 sisn WINS In the county
where such allacuinen. is made, or, 1t
such q, bt 0r damages exceed three hun
bred dollars, TO u Judge Of the Superior
Coutt, or Ut The Cauniy Court IN the coun>
" where such attachment is made, 10
dissolve tho lem created by such attach-
,nenl, upon the SUBSTITUTE n Of bond with
surety, as herein alter provided.
Sec The application may be In the
following form:
To a Justice Of the
Peace for the County of Tor a
Judge, az the case may be;)
The application Of T., D.. of
in the county OF shows that he Is
defendant ~ a certain NC lion demanding
dollars, deb, Tor damagrs,) where.
in A. b. ut is plaintiff; IN which
action the following estate has been at
iached, to:
by F. of (insert the name of tho
officer, y and tina, he IS DESTROYS that said
attachment should be dissolved upoR the
substitution of DUnd with surety, accor-
Dated ut the day Of
4. II.
Sec. 3 No attachment shall be dissol>
we'd until reason bile notice, in writing. VI
the application, signed by the defendant
or his attorney, shall have been served
upon the pl"in''tf or his attorney, and on
the officer serving the attachments; aRd
such nollce may be in the following
form
To Of and
: : =. : : As'''" Of CT e..,, 's'"'".''s to
term A. ID.
Take notice tina, The defendant will
apply 10 Justice Of tho
Peace OF the County of (or Judge,
sc. at on the day Of A. ID.
at o'clock In the noon, 10 dis
solve the the attachment In this case.
upon the substitution of bond with sure.
~, according 10 the statute.
Dated at the day OF A. D.
Z. u.
Sec. a All persons interested may be
heard In relation TO the amount and su6i.
cheney of the bond offered by the defend.
ant. Such bond shall be 10 the value Of
the properly attached unless tho action
be founded In tori for the recovery OF un.
liquidated dam ,ges, aud Il shalt appear
to the authority TO whom application 10
| made, thai the sum required h be ATTACKS
I'd is excessive. in which case he may
take bond for such sum US he may deem
reasonable.
Sec. S The bond shall be taken 10 the
pla,nlif, and may be in the following
form:
Whereas the estate of e. D.. of
has heen attached by A. b., OF by
writ daled r.iurnable to
as by the officers return In sail writ,
viii h estate IL estimated TO be OF the val.
| 10 of doIiars-You
at ackDo. ledge yourselves jointly
and severally bound uaio the the said A.
b. in the said sum Of duliars, COLI
ditioned that If the said C. ID. shall pay
The Judgment that may b recovered
| against HIN in such suit, not exccedng
the amount of,his recognix tnce, then taiS
recogn,zsnce shall be void.
Sec O. The authority dissulving the a;~
,achmen, shall certify his doings upon
The application, aud shall as s'ion rs pos
slble return TO The court 10 which the
writ Is ,c,urnable. ;hr application, recos.
nizanc.,, aud other pf0cre,llngs aic tns
same shall be KEEP. OH file IN such court.
Sec. 7. The defendant, 81 the attacks
ment dissolved be of real estate, my
leave on flo with the town Clerk vi ths
| town where such ruai IS ale It's. a crr-
| ,iRcaie OF such dls~,iutipn signaes by the
authority ciss0lying toe same iffhe at
achmcui he vi shares ia any corporation
he may lrave u ku csr,s6ca,n with the
officer ofshe corporation wlth whom
copx II tho attachment was left IN ser-
vsce If the attachment be- VI debts or
effects 10 The hands OF garnislee. he
may leave a certificate with the IN.
nished and no such corporation shall
be held liable 20 the defendant for tho
refus Il 10 transfer shs shares attached, ce
10 raw the dividend thereon and no such
gernishee sh III be held liable 10 The ,ssS
fsnd.ni for refus / to pay che deSts ORE
turn the effects a'twneHin'his hands, uns