Taft v. Northern Transportation Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
From Merrimack Circuit Court. Case, against the Northern Transportation Co. of Ohio, and against Wm. A. Wheeler, Wm. C. Brown, and John S. Eldridge, trustees of the second mortgage bonds of the Northern (N. T.) Railroad Co., and against the Vermont & Canada Railroad, the Vermont Central Railroad, the Northern (N. H.) Railroad, the Concord Railroad Corporation, the Nashua & Lowell Railroad, and the Boston & Lowell Railroad, as common carriers of freight, for the loss of…
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From Merrimack Circuit Court. Case, against the Northern Transportation Co. of Ohio, and against Wm. A. Wheeler, Wm. C. Brown, and John S. Eldridge, trustees of the second mortgage bonds of the Northern (N. T.) Railroad Co., and against the Vermont & Canada Railroad, the Vermont Central Railroad, the Northern (N. H.) Railroad, the Concord Railroad Corporation, the Nashua & Lowell Railroad, and the Boston & Lowell Railroad, as common carriers of freight, for the loss of certain flour and corn in transit, delivered by the plaintiff to the defendants, to be transported from Chicago to…
1Concurrence
This action was entered at the April term, 1870, of the supreme judicial court. Upon some of the defendants no service was made. At the April term, 1872, "it was ordered by the court that the action be discontinued at the next term as to parties not notified, unless notice should be published or given before that time."
"At the October term, 1872, no notice having been published or given, the action was discontinued by order of court as to the defendants upon whom no service of the writ had been made."
"At the April term, 1874, the plaintiff's counsel moved to strike off the discontinuance as…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re GrotonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1861
- Bowman v. Sanborn & HarperSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1852
- Foss v. StraffordSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1852