Attachment by chancery on legal debts

Any person may also sue out an attachment in the chancery court, upon debts or demands of a purely legal nature, except causes of action founded on torts, without first having recovered a judgment at law, whenever the amount in controversy is sufficient to give the court jurisdiction. Code 1858, § 3461 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 43, § 1; 1837-1838, ch. 166, §1); Shan., § 5218; Code 1932, § 9405; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-611. Any person may also sue out an attachment in the chancery court, upon debts or demands of a purely legal nature, except causes of action founded on torts, without first having recovered a judgment at law, whenever the amount in controversy is sufficient to give the court jurisdiction. Code 1858, § 3461 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 43, § 1; 1837-1838, ch. 166, §1); Shan., § 5218; Code 1932, § 9405; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-611.