Legal Opinion

Lewis v. Pawnee Bill's Wild West Co.

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided May 6, 1907PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Writ of Error to the Superior Court for New Castle County.

1Opinion of the Court

• Spruance, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

This action was brought for the recovery of damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, on May 5, 1902, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant company.

The action was begun by a writ of foreign attachment, issued May 31, 1904, pursuant to the provisions of the act of March 12, 1901 (22 Laws of Del., Ch. 207), which authorized the issuing of writs of foreign attachment in actions ex delicto.

*317Under said writ certain personal property of the defendant was attached.

Subsequently the defendant, having entered…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Vance v. VanceSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. M'iver, Lessees v. RaganSupreme Court of the United States · 1817
  3. Amy v. WatertownSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  4. Madden v. Lancaster CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
  5. Chauncey v. Dyke Bros.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Federal United Corp. v. HavenderSupreme Court of Delaware · 1940
  2. Layton v. AllenSupreme Court of Delaware · 1968
  3. Andrianos v. Community Traction Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Leatherbury v. GreenspunSupreme Court of Delaware · 2007
  5. Ewing v. BeckSupreme Court of Delaware · 1987

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