Opinion of the Court by
This action was originally commenced before a justice of the peace, by attachment. The affidavit states that Clark, the defendant below, “ is justly indebted to Roberts, in the sum of one hundred dollars, and that said Clark is privately moving his property out of the county,” &c. Judgment was rendered *287before the justice, in favor of Roberts, for one hundred dollars, and the cause removed to the circuit court of Madison county, by appeal, and subsequently the venue was changed to Montgomery, where judgment was again rendered for Roberts for one hundred dollars, besides costs. The cause is brought into this court by writ of error. A variety of errors have been assigned; it is, however, unnecessary to notice but one, which is, that the attachment was erroneously issued, and ought to have been quashed by the court. This objection is fatal.
McRoberts, for plaintiff in error.
Cavarly, for defendant in error.
The affidavit was necessary to give jurisdiction to the justice. It does not comply with the requisition of the statute; hence, all the subsequent proceedings are void. Mantz v. Hendly, 2 Hen. and Munf., 308. The courts in Kentucky sanction the same doctrine. The amendment of the affidavit, will not help the previous illegal proceedings. An affidavit being the foundation of the proceedings by attachment, must be framed agreeable to the provisions of the, statute, otherwise the justice has no jurisdiction. The circuit court ought to have quashed the attachment. The judgment below must be reversed with costs. (1)
Judgment reversed.