Section 16-110-103 - Attachment in tort actions(a) In actions for torts committed in this state or to recover statutory penalties, a writ of attachment may be issued against the property of a defendant who is a nonresident of the state in the same manner as in actions ex contractu.(b) Before the clerk shall issue a writ of attachment in the action, the plaintiff shall make an affidavit and execute a bond in the same manner as provided by law in other cases of attachment.Acts 1915, No. 290, § 21; C. & M. Dig., § 495; Pope's Dig., § 532; Acts 1947, No. 153, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 31-103.