Rosenbush v. Bernheimer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, by the members of a partnership doing business in Boston, against the members of a partnership doing business in Baltimore in the State of Maryland, for the price of merchandise alleged to have been sold by the plaintiffs to the defendants.
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Contract, by the members of a partnership doing business in Boston, against the members of a partnership doing business in Baltimore in the State of Maryland, for the price of merchandise alleged to have been sold by the plaintiffs to the defendants. The Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland and having a usual place of business in Boston, was named in the writ as trustee and was served as such trustee on August 4, 1910. No service was made on the defendants. The writ was dated August 3,1910. The answer of the alleged…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an action of contract. The defendants are non-residents of this Commonwealth, upon whom no personal service has been made, and who have not appeared. The question is whether the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company shall be charged by reason of an attachment under the trustee process of property in its hands under these circumstances: The Merchants and Miners Transportation Company is a common carrier incorporated under the laws of Maryland, whose steamships ply between Boston and Baltimore. On August 3, 1910, it received from various persons at its Boston terminal for…
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