Bolton v. Martin
Supreme Court of the United States
The defendant was one of the members from Bedford county, in the state convention, which assembled at Philadelphia, to take into consideration the adoption or rejection of the constitution proposed for the government of the United States, by the federal convention, on the 17th of September 1787. During his attendance upon this duty, he was served with a summons, at the suit of the plaintiff ; and Sergeant obtained a rule to show cause why the *297] process should *not be…
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The defendant was one of the members from Bedford county, in the state convention, which assembled at Philadelphia, to take into consideration the adoption or rejection of the constitution proposed for the government of the United States, by the federal convention, on the 17th of September 1787. During his attendance upon this duty, he was served with a summons, at the suit of the plaintiff ; and Sergeant obtained a rule to show cause why the *297] process should *not be quashed, upon a suggestion that the defendant, acting in this public capacity, was entitled to privilege.
1Opinion of the Court
On the 6th of September, the President delivered the opinion of the court.
Shippen, President.
The question in this case, is, whether a member of convention, residing in a distant county, could legally, and consistently with the privileges of such a deliberative assembly, be arrested or served with a summons, or other process, out of this court, issued to compel his appearance to a civil action, while he remained in the city of Philadelphia attending the duties of that office ?
*The members of convention, elected by the people, and assembled p3Q3 for a great national purpose, ought to be…
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