Stone v. Speare
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Action by George H. Stone against Lewis R. Speare. On plea in abatement ami motion by plaintiff to amend writ.
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, District Judge.
In New Hampshire there is a term of the superior court for Merrimack county on the first Tuesday of October.
The plaintiff, a citizen of New Hampshire, acting upon the idea that he had a cause of action against a nonresident, filled out a writ and dated it July 16, 1908, and made it returnable on the first Tuesday of October next, which would be, upon reason and authority, the first Tuesday of October, 1908. The writ was left with a sheriff for service, with directions to the sheriff to keep the writ and serve it upon the defendant if he could get a chance, and in case…
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