Henry v. Sweeney
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
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
- McManus v. ThingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Bishop v. DonnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Riley v. BrusendorffMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
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