HIGHTOUR v. MURRAY

Sureties in an attachment are simply bail, and may surrender their principal.

WILLIAMS and ASHE, JJ.

An original attachment is only intended to compel appearance, and where sureties are given, they are exactly to all purposes as bail, and may surrender.

Judgment for defendant.

See Act of 1777, Rev., ch. 115, sec. 30.

Cited: Summers v. Parker, 4 N.C. 581, 583; Deaver v. Keith, 27 N.C. 376.