Opinion ID: 1437264
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Heading: The Amount of the Attachment

Text: Rule 4A(c), as a prerequisite to the approval of a real estate attachment, mandates a showing by the plaintiff that there is a reasonable likelihood that it will recover judgment, including interest and costs, in an amount equal to or greater than the amount of the attachment over and above any liability insurance shown by the defendant to be available to satisfy the judgment. The defendant contends that the plaintiff's specific request for judgment in the amount of $91,666.70 in itself demonstrates error on the part of the presiding Justice when he approved a real estate attachment in the amount of $100,000.00. We disagree. The reference ad damnum clearly relates only to the claimed indebtedness in the principal sum. As an incident of a verdict in its favor, the plaintiff would be entitled to interest at the legal rate of six (6%) percent per annum on the unpaid instalments from the time they ought to have been paid until the date the complaint was filed in court ( Inhabitants of Town of Norridgewock v. Inhabitants of Town of Hebron, 1957, 152 Me. 280, 128 A.2d 215), and legal interest from that date to the time of entry of judgment also may be recoverable under 14 M.R.S.A. § 1602. [5] A quick computation will disclose a bridging of the gap. The entry will be Appeal denied.