Legal Opinion
Garden Homes, Inc. v. Norman P. Mason, as He is Commissioner of Federal Housing Administration
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 3, 1956No. 5099PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from an order by the district court dismissing an action removed from the state court in which it was begun. The ground of dismissal was the insufficiency of service of process upon the defendant.
The primary facts are not in dispute. By writ dated August 9, 1955, the plaintiff instituted this action against “Norman P. Mason, as he is Commissioner of Federal Housing Administration in Chelmsford” in the District Court of Somerville, a District Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By the terms of the writ, the return date of the action was October…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- General Investment Co. v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Freeman v. Bee MacHine Co., IncSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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