Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 3906 – Action to recover goods seized by execution or attachment
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A civil action may be brought to recover goods and chattels seized by virtue of any process of execution or attachment, with damages and costs for the taking and detention thereof, against the officer seizing the same, at the suit of the owner of such goods and chattels not being the defendant in the execution or attachment, the proper pledges and security being given, as in other cases, by the plaintiff in such civil action, before delivery to him or her of the goods and chattels sought to be recovered.
Code 1852, § ?2326; Code 1915, § ?4186; Code 1935, § ?4665; 10 Del. C. 1953, § ?3906; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 3906
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.