Carpenter v. Spooner
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal from an order made at chambers, setting aside the service of a summons, with costs. The facts appear in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
This was an action for libel. Both parties reside in Brooklyn, and out of the jurisdiction of this court. The plaintiff, however, was desirous of having the cause tried in this court. In order to bring the cause within its jurisdiction, it was necessary that the summons should be served within this city. A clerk of the plaintiff’s attorney, therefore, procured a person to write to the defendant, requesting him to call on the writer next day, in this city. The defendant came, in order to comply with the request in the letter, and when he was leaving the ferry boat, was met by the…
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