Craig v. Gunn
Supreme Court of Vermont
Exceptions from the city court of Rutland. Assumpsit by trustee process, in which the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. was summoned as trustee. The defendant was defaulted. The trustee moved that it be discharged for want of jurisdiction. This motion was overruled, and judgment was rendered against both the principal defendant and trustee. ’The trustee excepts. The plaintifF is a citizen of Colorado and the defendant of New York. The contract was made in Colorado.
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Exceptions from the city court of Rutland. Assumpsit by trustee process, in which the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. was summoned as trustee. The defendant was defaulted. The trustee moved that it be discharged for want of jurisdiction. This motion was overruled, and judgment was rendered against both the principal defendant and trustee. ’The trustee excepts. The plaintifF is a citizen of Colorado and the defendant of New York. The contract was made in Colorado. The trustee is chartered and organized under the laws of New York, and has its principal offices and places of business in that state,…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
The principal parties were non-residents, and the trustee was a foreign corporation having its principal office and place of business in the city of New York, but operating lines of railroad extending from points in the state of New York to the city of Rutland in this state. It also owned and operated various lines of railroad situated wholly in the state of New York. The contract upon which the suit was brought 'was made in another state, and the sums *94due from the trustee to the defendant were wages for services rendered by the defendant for the trustee upon a line oí railroad lying wholly…
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