West v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice -Cliffoed
delivered the opinion of the court.
Due removal of the suit before the court was made from the State court where it was commenced, into the Circuit Court, in which case it is no longer usual to file new pleadings, the act of Congress providing that the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding in common-law actions shall conform, as near as may be, to the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding existing at the time, in like causes, in the courts of record of the State within which such Circuit Court is held, any rule of court to the contrary…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Etting v. Bank of United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1826
- Stoops v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Barreda v. SilsbeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
- Hartford Bridge Co. v. GrangerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1822
- Perry v. Simpson Waterproof Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
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3Cited by88 opinions
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- John Factor v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- Shipley v. Pittsburgh & L. E. R. Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
- Broadway & Ninety-Sixth Street Realty Co. v. Loew's Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1958
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