Attachments issued without affidavit and bond, as herein prescribed, may be abated by plea of the defendant.
Code 1858, § 3476 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 19); Shan., § 5236; Code 1932, § 9426; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-623.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 3 Tenn. Juris., Attachment and Garnishment, § 75.