Greaves v. Neal
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
At Law. Suit by Frank W. Greaves, assignee of James T. Harrison, against William H. Neal and others, to recover the value of ^property alleged to have been acquired by defendants by an unlawful preference. Defendants demur .to the declaration.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This case came up originally on a motion to dismiss, which the court declined to hear in that form on account of the difficulty and importance of the questions involved. By; *817consent of the court the same was converted into a demurrer to the first, second, and third counts.
One question relates to the extraterritorial force of rights of action given by statute, and this in its general aspect is settled favorably to the plaintiff by the supreme court in the line of cases ending with Huntington v. Attrill, 146 U. S. 657, 13 Sup. Ct. Rep. 224. The Massachusetts decisions have…
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- Huntington v. AttrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Fourth Nat. Bank of NY v. FrancklynSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Higgins v. Central New England & Western RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Mackellar v. PillsburySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- In re the Assignment of BirdSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
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