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Timestamp: 2020-07-09 17:34:49
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 7', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 13']

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least double the amount of the demand sworn to, payable to the State of Missouri, conditioned that the plaintiff shall prosecute his action without delay and
garnishee, by reason of the attachment or any process or proceeding in the suit,
s 4. Where the demand sworn to is fifty dollars or more, the suit may be
brought in the circuit court, and where the demand sworn to shall be founded on
a note or bond for the direct payment of money, and does not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars, and where it is founded on a contract other than a note
justice of the peace; but no attachment shall be issued in any case where the
demand sworn to is less than five dollars.
the sufficiency of the penalty and the security in the bond; if they be approved,
and declaration or other lawful statement of the cause of action shall be filed
preceding section; and the account or instrument to be sued on, together with
the affidavit and bond, shall be filed in the cause.
§ 7. Any plaintiff in an action of debt, covenant, or assumpsit, which shall
have been commenced by summons, and without original attachment, may at any
time pending the suit, and before judgment, sue out an attachment in such action on filing an affidavit and bond as required in cases of original attachments.
the satisfaction of the court or justice, before whom the suit is pending, that the
property, credits and effects attached will not be sufficient to satisfy the debt
sworn to, the court or justice may award other writs of attachment, until sufficient property or effects shall be attached to satisfy the demand.
§ 9. Every attachment sued out by virtue of either of the two last sections
shall be entitled in the cause pending, shall recite briefly the circumstances and
clause of summons as to all defendants and garnishees previously summoned
§ 10. No property or effects, by law exempt from execution, shall be attached or seized in any suit against a defendant who is a resident of, or residing
§ 11. In all cases where the property or effects of any defendant shall be
abatement, without oath, putting in issue the truth of the facts alledged in the
§ 12. Upon such issue the plaintiff shall be held to prove the existence of
jae facts alledged by him, as the ground of the attachment, and if the issue be
found for him, the cause shall proceed; but if it be found for the defendant, the
'nit shall be dismissed at the costs of the plaintiff, and he and his securities shall
to liable on their bond for all damages occasioned by the attachment or other
Proceeding in the cause.
§ 13. If. at any time pending a suit in which any property or effects shall
tove been attached, it shall appear to the court or justice before whom the ac-
tl0"is pending, that the bond given by the plaintiff is insufficient, or that any
security therein has died or removed from [the] State, or has become or likely to
ecorne insolvent, the court or justice may order another bond, and such further
security, to be given as shall seem necessary; five days previous notice being
Pen to the plaintiff or his agent or attorney of the application for such order.
Identifier LAWS_9th_1836-1838_0343.tif
Transcript MISSOURI. 1 house-holders of the county in which the action is to be brought, in a sum of [at] least double the amount of the demand sworn to, payable to the State of Missouri, conditioned that the plaintiff shall prosecute his action without delay and with effect, and shall pay all damages which may accrue to any defendant or garnishee, by reason of the attachment or any process or proceeding in the suit, s 4. Where the demand sworn to is fifty dollars or more, the suit may be brought in the circuit court, and where the demand sworn to shall be founded on a note or bond for the direct payment of money, and does not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars, and where it is founded on a contract other than a note or bond, and does not exceed ninety dollars, the suit may be brought before a justice of the peace; but no attachment shall be issued in any case where the demand sworn to is less than five dollars. § 5. In suits to be commenced in the circuit court, the clerk shall judge of the sufficiency of the penalty and the security in the bond; if they be approved, he shall endorse his approval thereon, and the same together with the affidavit and declaration or other lawful statement of the cause of action shall be filed before any attachment shall be issued. § 6. Before any attachment shall be issued by a justice of the peace, the bond shall be approved by him, and shall be endorsed by him as specified in the preceding section; and the account or instrument to be sued on, together with the affidavit and bond, shall be filed in the cause. § 7. Any plaintiff in an action of debt, covenant, or assumpsit, which shall have been commenced by summons, and without original attachment, may at any time pending the suit, and before judgment, sue out an attachment in such action on filing an affidavit and bond as required in cases of original attachments. § 8. If, at any time after the return of any attachment, it shall appear, to the satisfaction of the court or justice, before whom the suit is pending, that the property, credits and effects attached will not be sufficient to satisfy the debt sworn to, the court or justice may award other writs of attachment, until sufficient property or effects shall be attached to satisfy the demand. § 9. Every attachment sued out by virtue of either of the two last sections shall be entitled in the cause pending, shall recite briefly the circumstances and shall in other respects pursue the form of original attachments, except that the clause of summons as to all defendants and garnishees previously summoned shall be omitted. § 10. No property or effects, by law exempt from execution, shall be attached or seized in any suit against a defendant who is a resident of, or residing in this State. § 11. In all cases where the property or effects of any defendant shall be attached, he may file by himself or attorney, a plea in the nature of a plea in abatement, without oath, putting in issue the truth of the facts alledged in the affidavit on which the attachment was sued out. § 12. Upon such issue the plaintiff shall be held to prove the existence of jae facts alledged by him, as the ground of the attachment, and if the issue be found for him, the cause shall proceed; but if it be found for the defendant, the 'nit shall be dismissed at the costs of the plaintiff, and he and his securities shall to liable on their bond for all damages occasioned by the attachment or other Proceeding in the cause. § 13. If. at any time pending a suit in which any property or effects shall tove been attached, it shall appear to the court or justice before whom the ac- tl0"is pending, that the bond given by the plaintiff is insufficient, or that any security therein has died or removed from [the] State, or has become or likely to ecorne insolvent, the court or justice may order another bond, and such further security, to be given as shall seem necessary; five days previous notice being Pen to the plaintiff or his agent or attorney of the application for such order.