Legal Opinion

Henry v. Sweeney

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 12, 1913PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

By the court.

Plainly no error is disclosed on this record. The defendant’s contention is that since the actions are against an executor who did not reside in the county wherein was the district court out of which the writs issued, that court had no jurisdiction. He did not file seasonably a proper pleading setting out this objection. He waived it by general answers to the merits in each case more than a year before he filed a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The district court had jurisdiction of the subject matter of the actions. It acquired jurisdiction of the person of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McManus v. ThingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
  2. Bishop v. DonnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Jones v. RossTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Paige v. SinclairMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  3. Riley v. BrusendorffMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
  4. Woodbury v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  5. Universal Supply Co. v. HildrethMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934

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