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pIe to. the process of 1,1J. personam; .thatis,.where they are inhabitants, or found within theUnitJed States. and not where they are aliens, or resident abroad, at the commencement of the ,suit. and have no inhabwe add that, even ip.case ora pers!>n being amenaple to process in personam, an attachment' against his property cannot be issued against him, except as part of, or together with, process to be served upon . his person. h In Ex parte Railway Co., decided in 1880, Chief Justice WAITE said: "ltis conceded that tbe pex:soQ against wbom this suit was brought in the circuit court was an inhabitant of the state of Massachusetts, and was not found in, or served with' pl'ocess in, Iowa. Olearly, then, he was not suable in the circuit court of the district of Iowa, and, unless. be could be sued, no attacbment:could issue.from that court against.his property. An attachment is but an incident to a suit, and, unless the suit can be maintained, the,attachment must fall." . . . The attachment in that case was made in accordance with the statute of the' state of Iowa in regard to' attachments of the property of non-resi;dents.. , But it is said, notwithstanding this decision was made after, sections 914 and 915 were passed, that those sections confer upon the cir.cuit'courts'jurisdiction in rem over. attached property of non-residenta which 'is situated within the limits of the'8tate wherein the suit is brought, ihhe attachment is made in conformity with state laws; Sootiort914 assimilates the practice, forms, and modes of proceeding in civil causes, other than equity and admiralty 'causes, ih .the courts of the United:States, to the practice; forms, andproceedirigs in the courts of l'ecord oithe state withillWhich such: district courts are held. The statute is an act in regar.d to' practice and procedure, aridrrot iuregaid to' jurisdiction. The questioll'at issue in this case relates to the power of the court; , :Section :914 confers no ilewpower'orauthority upon· the circuit court.· ,,'In Butler v. Young, 1· Flip. 27&, the distinction which is to be observed, in the construction of this section, between is conferred.antl,'practice whitlh,is to be observed, is:clearly 'Pointed out; Theeourt says: ' , '''.(Jareand ilautlorr 'will 196 'used that rights given by the state law.stsball not be confounded ,witbwhat is mere practice. in the state:eourts. In this conneeUon, I may WlWtion, to ,bring an absent or non-resident defendant into court by publ1cation, or the right to a second trial, which are not matters of mere practice, but are substantial rights conferred by the statute of the state, and, in my opinion, were notcontemplated by congress, by the law in question, to be given to parties in this court." Wea1' v. Mayer, 6 Fed. Rep. 660; Lyons v. Bank, 19 Blatchf.279, 8 Fed. Rep. 369; Insurance 00. v. Bangs, 103 U. S. 435. Section 915 entitles plaintiff, in common-law causes in the courts of the United States, to similar remedies by attachment against the property of the defendant which are provided by the law of the state in which such court is held for its courts. It empowers the United States court to adopt the remedies by attachment or other process, and relates to methods and forms. It does not create jurisdiction over property without personal service upon the defendant. As succinctly stated by Mr. Justice MILLER in Naz:ro v. Cragin, 3 Dill. 474:
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"Theetl'ect o1'this section in the act of 1872 is simply this: If the court has or can acquire jurisdiction. over the defendant personally, this section gives'to the plaintiff the right to the auxiliary remedy by attachment, but it does not afford a means of acquiring jurisdiction." Ohittenden v. Darden, 2 Woods, 437. '