Legal Opinion
O'Connell v. Mason
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Decided November 11, 1903No. 1,379PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
In this case the plaintiff filed a statement of poverty, under oath, under the act approved on July 20, 1892, c. 209, 27 Stat. 252 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 706]. Thereupon, under the fourth section of the act, the defendants filed a motion that the suit be dismissed on the ground that the alleged cause” of action was frivolous and malicious. That section reads as follows:
“Sec. 4. That the court may request any attorney of the court to represent such poor person, if it deems the cause worthy of a trial, and may dismiss any such cause so brought under this act if it be…
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