Alabama § 6-6-120 In Aid of Pending Action

Alabama Statutes

§ 6-6-120 — In Aid of Pending Action

Alabama § 6-6-120

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 6Civil Practice

Ch. 6Remedies

Art. 2Attachment

Div. 5Ancillary Attachments

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 6-6-120 (2026).

Text

When an action has been commenced by the filing of a complaint, whether a summons has been executed or not, the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney may, at any time before judgment, sue out an attachment in aid of such action, upon making affidavit and giving bond, as is required in the issue of original attachments, and all proceedings on such attachments must be conducted as are proceedings on original attachments. Such attachment may be sued out in any case in which an original attachment may be sued out and may be issued by the officer having authority to issue original attachments.

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When an action has been commenced by the filing of a complaint, whether a summons has been executed or not, the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney may, at any time before judgment, sue out an attachment in aid of such action, upon making affidavit and giving bond, as is required in the issue of original attachments, and all proceedings on such attachments must be conducted as are proceedings on original attachments. Such attachment may be sued out in any case in which an original attachment may be sued out and may be issued by the officer having authority to issue original attachments.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §§2566, 2567; Code 1867, §§2994, 2995; Code 1876, §§3319, 3320; Code 1886, §2967; Code 1896, §558; Code 1907, §2958; Code 1923, §6206; Code 1940, T. 7, §879.)