BROWN v. GUARANTY ESTATES CORP.

No. 20.

80 S.E.2d 645 (1954)

239 N.C. 595

BROWN et al. v. GUARANTY ESTATES CORP. et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 17, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. T. Reece, Yadkinville, and Allen, Henderson & Williams, Elkin, for plaintiffs.

Earl C. James, Elkin, for defendant Guaranty Estates Corp., trustee.

Brooks, McLendon, Brim & Holderness, Greensboro, for defendant National Surety Corp.

James J. Randleman, Elkin, for defendant Gus G. Mitchell, Adm'r.


ERVIN, Justice.

The appeal of the plaintiffs presents the question whether their pleadings state a cause of action against the defendants or any of them. The rules of law bearing on this question are set forth in the seven ensuing paragraphs.

1. Where an order of attachment is improperly obtained or tortiously employed, the attachment defendant may have several modes of obtaining redress for injuries caused by its levy on his property. He may proceed on the...

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