Purple & Burrows v. Whithed
Supreme Court of Vermont
General Assumpsit. Pleas, the general issue and set-off. Trial by jury, September Term, 1875, Windham County, Ross, J., presiding. The plaintiffs sought to recover the.amount due on a promissory note by which the defendant promised to pay the intestate or his order, one hundred and ninety dollars on demand, with interest.
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General Assumpsit. Pleas, the general issue and set-off. Trial by jury, September Term, 1875, Windham County, Ross, J., presiding. The plaintiffs sought to recover the.amount due on a promissory note by which the defendant promised to pay the intestate or his order, one hundred and ninety dollars on demand, with interest. It was conceded that at the time the note was executed, the defendant was a resident of this state; that at the time of the death of the intestate, and of the bringing of this suit, the defendant was a resident of Connecticut, and afterwards removed to Massachusetts, where…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Barrett, J.
Suits may be brought by and against parties residing without the state, as well as by and against parties residing within it, provided process be so served as to render defendants amenable to the jurisdiction of our courts.
The locus of the residence of the plaintiffs in this case does not disenable them to sue. If they were the creditors in the indebtedness of the defendant, there would be no pretence'of question as to their capacity to maintain the suit. The objection now made in this regard is on the ground of the representative character…
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