Sleeper v. Weymouth
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Foreign attachment. The questions submitted for decision in this case, arise upon the several disclosures of the trustees, and the facts upon which they arise will sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
The trustees, Burns & Martin, are not declared against as being jointly liable in this action. They are therefore to be regarded as being chargeable severally, if at all. Ingraham, v. Olcock & Trustees, 4 N. H. Rep. 243. The liability of each is to be determined in the same manner as it would be if he were alone summoned.
Of course it results that each one is to be charged, or not, according to the facts contained in the disclosure which he has himself made, without any regard to those contained in that of the other. Comstock v. Farnham, 2 Mass. 96; Hawes v. Langton, 8 Pick. 67; Barker v.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Comstock v. FarnumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1806
- Greenleaf v. PerrinSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1836
- Grafton Bank v. FlandersSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1827
- Stackpole v. NewmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Eastman v. Coos BankSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1817
3Cited by1 opinion
- Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad v. Boston & Lowell RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1888