Legal Opinion

Stuart v. Chapman

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 25, 1908PublishedCited by 17 opinions

On agreed statement of facts. Actions of trespass for false imprisonment. The agreed statement of facts in the first named case is as follows : "On November 9, 1905, one Henry F. Andrews, a resident of Bangor in the County of Penobscot, applied, through his attorney, H. H. Patten, also a resident of ’Bangor, to the defendant a disclosure commissioner within and for the County of Somerset, duly qualified as such, for a subpoena summoning the plaintiff before defendant as said…

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On agreed statement of facts. Actions of trespass for false imprisonment. The agreed statement of facts in the first named case is as follows : "On November 9, 1905, one Henry F. Andrews, a resident of Bangor in the County of Penobscot, applied, through his attorney, H. H. Patten, also a resident of ’Bangor, to the defendant a disclosure commissioner within and for the County of Somerset, duly qualified as such, for a subpoena summoning the plaintiff before defendant as said commissioner to make, on oath, a full and true disclosure of all his business and property affairs. Said Henry F.…

1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.

Actions of trespass for false imprisonment.

November 9, 1905, defendant Andrews, a resident of Bangor in Penobscot County, and the owner of an execution against the plaintiff, applied, through his attorney who was also a resident of Bangor, to the defendant Chapman, a disclosure commissioner for the County of Somerset, for a subpoena summoning the plaintiff, a resident of St. Albans in the County of Somerset, before said commissioner to make, on oath, a full and true disclosure of all his business and property affairs. Thereupon the commissioner issued a subpoena commanding the plaintiff to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dempsey v. ChambersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  2. Harrington v. Harrington's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1881

3Cited by17 opinions

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  2. Fairfield v. FosterArizona Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Farish v. SmootSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  4. State Ex Rel. Smiley v. HolmSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1931
  5. Bull v. KingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939

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