§ 11-33-89. Property assessment and judgment in certain cases
If the personal property attached, or any part thereof, shall have been replevied by the defendant, the court or jury trying the issue between the parties, if it find for the plaintiff, shall assess the value of the property so replevied by the defendant, as well as the debt or damages due the plaintiff. If […]
§ 11-33-91. Voluntary dismissal and damages
The plaintiff may dismiss his attachment, but defendant shall have a jury impanelled forthwith to assess the damages sustained by reason of suing out the attachment.
§ 11-33-93. Judgment in case debt not due
In determining the amount for which judgment shall be rendered on the merits in favor of plaintiff whose debt is not due, interest shall not be computed on the principal for a time beyond the rendition of the judgment; and if the debt do not bear interest until a future day, the principal shall be […]
§ 11-33-95. Judgment for damages pleadable as payment
The judgment in favor of the defendant against the plaintiff for the damages assessed and the costs may be pleaded by the defendant as a payment in the same action, or in any other suit on the same cause of action on which the attachment was sued out. An execution shall not be issued on […]
§ 11-33-97. Discharge of attachment not to affect action
If the issue on the defense traversing the truth of the alleged attachment grounds be found for the defendant, the attachment shall be thereby discharged, and all property seized under it, and all persons summoned as garnishees, shall be released from it; but the action, unless dismissed by the plaintiff, shall be proceeded with in […]
§ 11-33-99. Attachment preserved by appeal
If the plaintiff, within ten days after the expiration of the term of the court at which judgment is rendered discharging his attachment, shall perfect an appeal from such judgment, the attachment shall not be discharged, nor garnishees nor property released therefrom, by such judgment; but such appeal shall preserve the attachment in full force, […]
§ 11-33-101. Intervention by other creditors
Any creditor of the defendant in attachment, upon filing a petition under oath, averring that he is a creditor, and that the grounds of attachment alleged are untrue, or that the attachment was sued out by collusion between the plaintiff and the defendant, or that the debt claimed by the defendant is fictitious or simulated, […]
§ 11-33-103. But one trial
But one trial shall be allowed under the provisions of Section 11-33-101, unless the petitions of the intervenors present different issues; and if the judgment be in favor of the intervening creditor, he shall recover of the plaintiff and his sureties the costs of suit, and the attachment shall be dissolved.
§ 11-33-105. Proceedings before justice court judge
Justice court judges shall have cognizance of attachments in all cases where the amount in controversy is within their jurisdiction. In such case, the notice to a defendant not found shall require the appearance of the defendant at some reasonable time, to be fixed by the judge, not less than one (1) month after the […]
§ 11-33-107. Trial before justice of the peace
On the return of an attachment before a justice of the peace, the defendant may file an affidavit, or plea sworn to, traversing the grounds on which the attachment was sued out, and the justice shall hear all evidence adduced by either party, as to whether said attachment was wrongfully sued out or not; and, […]