Davis v. Bessemer City Cotton Mills
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Action by Daniel A. Davis and Elliott M. Eldredge, executors of Orris K. Eldredge, deceased, against the Bessemer City Cotton Mills and John A. Smith. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNOR, District Judge.
Orris K. Eldredge, a citizen of New York, sued defendants in error, citizens of the Western District of North Carolina, declaring upon a judgment recovered by him in an action against them in the Supreme Court of the county of New York, for the sum of $5,138.30. Defendants in error answered, denying that any service of process “personally or otherwise” was made on *786them in the action alleged to have been brought by plaintiff against them, or “that any valid judgment was rendered against them in such action.” They also denied “that they were liable to the plaintiff in any…
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