Wright v. Marshall
New York Court of Common Pleas
Motion* to compel tlie plaintiff to serve the summons upon all the defendants in the action, and to bring in as parties defendant the legal representatives of a deceased defendant, and for a stay of proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtLarremore, J.
This action was brought in May, 1869, against Charles H. Marshall and twenty other defendants, as owners of the ship, James Foster, Jr., for violation of a contract alleged to have been made by them with the plaintiff to transport him, as a passenger in said ship, from Liverpool to New York, whereby plaintiff had sustained damages to the amount of $10,000. Eleven of said defendants have appeared and put in an answer to the complaint in said action, and a notice of trial on the part of the plaintiff was, on November 19, 1869, served on the attorneys of the said defendants who had appeared, and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mumford v. NicollCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1822
- Stannard v. MatticeNew York Supreme Court · 1852
- Donnell v. . WalshNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Stedman v. FeidlerNew York Supreme Court · 1856
- Kohler v. WrightThe Superior Court of New York City · 1860