Supreme Court of North Carolina June 5, 1860 (Bank of Fayetteville v. Spurling)

Pearson, C. J.

The proceeding which was allowed by his Honor, in the Court below, is of the first impression in this State.

~We

find nothing to warrant it, either according to the course of the common law, or under our statute, giving the process of attachment as a substitute for the ordinary process where the latter cannot be served.