Crosby v. Harrison
Decision Date | 05 October 1874 |
Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
Parties | Daniel W. Crosby v. Thomas H. Harrison & others |
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Worcester. Contract against residents of another state commenced by trustee process in which Christopher Haskell was summoned as trustee. The writ was returnable at August term 1870 of the Superior Court. The return of the officer stated that he had attached certain goods as the property of the defendants, and that he had made no further service upon them, as they were not within his precinct and had not any last and usual place of abode within the Commonwealth. At December term, 1871, the defendants appeared specially and offered to prove the facts set forth in the following paper filed in the case, entitled "Defendants' motion to dismiss":
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