Legal Opinion
Lapham v. . Rice
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 20, 1874PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The counsel for the respondent insists that he was entitled to a nonsuit upon the ground that a justice of the peace in Cattaraugus county had no jurisdiction of the cause. This position is founded upon section 14 of the Revised Statutes (2 Statutes at Large 365), as amended by chapter 201 of Laws of 1843. This section originally provided that actions against public officers, etc., for acts done by virtue of their office, should be laid in the county where the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ackley v. . TarboxNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
- Graves v. McKeonNew York Supreme Court · 1846
3Cited by17 opinions
- Day v. . DayNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- In re SpierNew York Supreme Court · 1888
- People ex rel. Canton Bridge Co. v. Board of Town Auditors of HoriconAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Getty v. Town of HamlinNew York Supreme Court · 1889
- In re the Freeholders of the Towns of Madrid, Waddington & LouisvilleNew York Supreme Court · 1904
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