Barber v. Morgan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action against a nonresident stockholder of an alleged insolvent corporation of this State, to recover the amount of an unsatisfied judgment rendered against it, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and erased from the docket {Ralph Wheeler, J.) for want of jurisdiction, upon motion of the defendant, who had appeared specially, from which judgment the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
This case was erased from the docket of the Superior Court for want of jurisdiction apparent upon the record. The plaintiff, claiming that the record does not disclose want of jurisdiction, brings the record before us by appeal.
The writ describes the defendant as a resident of the City and State of New York. It commands the officer to attach the property of the defendant and summon him to appear before the Superior Court upon the return day. The return of the officer does not show that personal service of the writ and complaint was made upon the defendant, but it states that the officer…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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