Suits by original attachment may be brought in any court, or before any magistrate, having jurisdiction of the cause of action.Code 1858, § 3460 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 19; 1835-1836, ch. 43, § 1; 1837-1838, ch. 166; 1851-1852, ch. 177); Shan., § 5217; Code 1932, § 9404; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-610.
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