Legal Opinion
Amy v. Manning
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 26, 1887PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
This is an action of contract on four promissory notes, brought in the Superior Court, in which the damages are laid at $60,000. The writ is dated September 5, 1884, and was returnable to October term, 1884, and was entered at that term. The plaintiff is described in the writ as “of the city, county, and State of New York,” and the defendant as “having his usual place of business in Boston, in said county” of Suffolk, in this Commonwealth. This last description is not an allegation of citizenship. The defendant appeared specially, and on October 22, 1884, filed a motion to dismiss the action,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Stone v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Carson v. HyattSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Gibson v. BruceSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Babbitt v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Pullman Palace Car Co. v. SpeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co. v. DunnSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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- Herrick v. Norfolk-Southern RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
- Duff v. HildrethMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Manning v. AmySupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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