Moors v. Ladenburg
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in EQUITY by attaching creditors of the Keen Sutterlee Company, a corporation having its place of business at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, to restrain the defendants from the further prosecution of a suit brought by them against that corporation, in which they made an attachment prior to that of the plaintiffs, the debt sued on by them having been paid in full since their suit was begun, filed February 1, 1900. The bill as amended was as follows: “Joseph…
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Bill in EQUITY by attaching creditors of the Keen Sutterlee Company, a corporation having its place of business at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, to restrain the defendants from the further prosecution of a suit brought by them against that corporation, in which they made an attachment prior to that of the plaintiffs, the debt sued on by them having been paid in full since their suit was begun, filed February 1, 1900. The bill as amended was as follows: “Joseph B. Moors and Arthur W. Moors, both of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, partners under the firm of J. B. Moors &'…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Superior Court dismissing the plaintiffs’ bill, on motion, for want of jurisdiction. The object of the bill is to restrain the defendants from proceeding further in a suit against a non-resident debtor whose property they have attached, on the ground that since the suit was begun they have been paid. The plaintiffs are creditors of the same debtor and have an attachment on the same property, but subsequent to that of the defendants. The defendants also are non-residents, and the only service obtained has been upon the lawyer employed by them in the suit…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Felch v. HooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- McCann v. RandallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Pearl v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Aldrich v. E. W. Blatchford & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Short v. CaldwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Lowrie v. CastleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Adams v. Grundy & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Stewart v. ChaseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
- Moors v. LadenburgMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905