Speare v. Stone
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire. Action by George H. Stone against Lewis R. Speare. Judgment (175 Fed. 584) for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
This is a writ of error for review of the rulings of the Circuit Court in an action on the case for personal injuries resulting from a collision between a farm wagon and an automobile near West,Concord, N. H., May 10, 1905.
[1] The first question is whether the service of process was sufficient to give jurisdiction of the defendant’s person, and whether an amendment of the date of the writ was justified.
The writ was served upon the defendant May 10, 1909, and summoned him to appear at the superior court to be holden at Concord “on the first Tuesday of October next.” As…
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