Mr Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. After stating the facts, he proceeded as follows:
The present being a suit upon a local statute, giving a particular remedy in the nature of a foreign attachment against garnishees, who possess goods, effects or credits of the principal debtor, the decisions which have been made upon the construction of that statute by the state courts, are entitled to great respect; and ought in conformity to the uniform practice...
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