ART. 9] SEVERAL ATTACHMENTS——CLAIMANTS. 7

taken as aforesaid, is hereby declared illegal and void and shall
be dismissed.
McLuckie v. Williams, 68 Md. 265.

Several Attachments.

1890, ch. 549.

44 A. A writ of attachment may be served upon any person
by way of garnishment wherever he may be found, either by the
sheriff of the jurisdiction where said person may be, or by the
sheriff of the jurisdiction where the writ issues; when a writ of
attachment is served upon anyone outside of the locality of his
place of business or residence, the short note shall be set up at
the court house door of the county or city where the writ is
served, by the officer serving the same, and upon the return of
the writ, a duplicate short note shall be sent by the clerk of the
court where the writ issues to the sheriff of that, city or county
to be set up by him at the court house door of said city or county,
and the service of any writ and the posting of any short note,
wherever a writ of attachment may have been or shall be served
and the short note set up in manner as herein provided shall be
valid, and said writs of attachment shall be returned to the courts
whence they are issued as other writs are required to be returned.

Claimants of Property.

1892, ch. 507.

45. Whenever an attachment or execution shall be levied
upon any personal property, goods or chattels, which may be
claimed by a person or corporation other than the defendant in
such attachment or execution, such person or corporation may
file a petition under oath, with the court before whom such
attachment or execution is returnable, setting forth clearly the
character and origin of his, her or its claim to the property so
levied upon, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the clerk to
docket a suit against both the plaintiff and defendant in such
attachment or execution and issue a summons directed to said
plaintiff and defendant, giving notice of such claim and return-
able to the next succeeding rule day or term of said court. If
such claimant shall establish the validity of his, her or its claim to
said property, costs shall be awarded to said claimant, and said
claimant shall also be entitled to recover damages in such suit