Alabama Code 6-6-149. Action by defendant – Venue for actions on injunction bond or attachment bond in cases of injunction or bankruptcy
Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-6-149
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
The defendant in any action commenced by attachment, in any action in which an injunction against him is issued, or in any proceeding against him as a bankrupt, may commence an action on the attachment bond or injunction bond, as the case may be, against the plaintiffs as for malicious prosecution, and upon the bond of the petitioning creditors, against the petitioning creditors as for a malicious prosecution, in the county where the writ is levied; and in case of bankruptcy, in the county where the goods, property, and effects were seized and located; or such actions may be commenced in the county where the plaintiff in attachment resides or any of the sureties reside; and, in cases of bankruptcy, where the petitioning creditors or anyone of them reside; and, in the cases of injunction, where the plaintiff or any surety on his bond resides.