Jenkins v. Lester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity by Alfred Jenkins, Jr., of Baltimore in the State of Maryland, against Rhoda Ann Lester, of Amherst in the county of Hampshire, and Caroline Mitkiewicz and Eugene Mitkiewicz her husband, both of Baltimore aforesaid.
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Bill in equity by Alfred Jenkins, Jr., of Baltimore in the State of Maryland, against Rhoda Ann Lester, of Amherst in the county of Hampshire, and Caroline Mitkiewicz and Eugene Mitkiewicz her husband, both of Baltimore aforesaid. The bill alleged that the plaintiff had advanced to said Caroline and Eugene large sums of money (the particulars of which were set forth) upon the faith and credit of her sole and separate estate, and had received their promissory note therefor, by the terms of which she “ charges her separate estate with the payment of this note,” and upon which the sum of…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
This bill is brought against Caroline Mitkiewicz, her husband Eugene Mitkiewicz, and Rhoda Ann Lester, to subject to the payment of a debt alleged' to be due to the plaintiff *357from Mrs. Mitkiewicz her equitable interest in the income of a fund held in trust under the will of her father, Ralph Lester, by the defendant Rhoda Ann Lester. All the parties to the suit reside in Baltimore in the State of Maryland, except the defendant Lester; and it is contended that her residence in this Commonwealth sustains the jurisdiction of this court over the bill.
But the difficulty is, that she does not hold…
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