Legal Opinion
Bay State Wholesale Drug Co. v. Whitman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 12, 1932PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This action was brought on April 20, 1927. The defendant named in the writ was Richard Whitman and he was described as a resident of Hamilton in this Commonwealth and summons was directed accordingly. The officer’s return under date of April 29, 1927, showed no attachment of property and stated: “I summoned the said Richard Whitman, (otherwise known to me as Raymond L. Whitman) defendant within named, to appear and answer at Court as within directed by leaving at his last and usual place of abode on Bridge St., Hamilton, Mass., a summons to this writ (there being no number on the house).” On…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- McDonald v. MabeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Ayers v. RatsheskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- White v. E. T. Slattery Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Cheshire National Bank v. JaynesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Sewall v. SewallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Farley v. SpragueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Rogan v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- American Discount Corp. v. KaitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Atlantic National Bank v. Hupp Motor Car Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Ryan v. DiPaoloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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