Opinion ID: 1434583
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Heading: are the tenants estopped to assert wrongful attachment?

Text: The landlord cites many cases holding that when a bond is given to secure the release of attached property, the defendant and his bondsmen are estopped to deny that the attachment was lawful when they are sued upon the bond. This is especially proper where the property is released at the instance of the owner and thereafter he suffers a judgment to be taken against him. Neither he nor his bondsmen should be heard to say that the attachment was wrongfully issued and, therefore, they need not respond on their solemn obligation to produce the property or to pay the judgment. If a defendant and his bondsmen desire to contest the validity of the attachment, they should do so without giving a forthcoming bond or a bond to pay the judgment. The cases cited are not authority for the proposition that a defendant may not put up a bond to get his property back without losing his cause of action for wrongful attachment when his liability on the bond is not called in question. There is no merit to this contention.