Dwight v. Merritt

Blatchfoed, 0. J.

In this case an attempt has been made to commence a suit at common law, in this court, by serving *615on the defendant a paper purporting to he a summons, in tho form prescribed by the statute of New York for commencing a civil action. It is signed by tho plaintiffs’ attorney, but is not under the seal of the court, nor is it signed by the clerk of the court. Section 911 of the Revised Statutes of the United States provides that “all writs and processes issuing from the courts of the United States shall be under tlie seal of the court from which they issue, and shall be signed by…