Capwell v. Sipe

The writ in this case is a writ of summons. The defendants have filed three pleas in abatement. The first sets forth that, at the time of the service of the writ upon them, the defendants were residents and citizens of the city of Cleveland, in the State of Ohio, and were in attendance upon this court in a suit in which Atwood & Co. were plaintiffs and these defendants were defendants, and that these defendants were in the State of Rhode Island solely for the purpose of being in attendance upon said suit. The second plea is like the first, except that it sets forth that the defendants were in…