Gawne v. Bicknell

HALE, District Judge.

This is an action of tort in which the plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries. The case now comes before the court upon a plea in abatement, wherein the defendant sets up:

“That the liability in said writ declared on, if any such liability there is, is the liability of him, the said Bieknell, jointly with one Edwin L. Morris, who is still living, and who, at the time of the commencement of said suit, was and still is a resident within the jurisdiction of this court, and who then did and now does reside at Rockland, Knox county, state of Maine and district of…