White v. Dunn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Trustee process. The Old Colony Steamboat Company, a corporation established by law in this Commonwealth, and having a place of business in Fall River, summoned as trustee of the principal defendant, answered that, at the time of the service of the writ upon it, it was a common carrier of freight and passengers between the port of Fall River in this Commonwealth and the port of New York in the State of New York, its course being through the waters of Mount Hope Bay,…
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Trustee process. The Old Colony Steamboat Company, a corporation established by law in this Commonwealth, and having a place of business in Fall River, summoned as trustee of the principal defendant, answered that, at the time of the service of the writ upon it, it was a common carrier of freight and passengers between the port of Fall River in this Commonwealth and the port of New York in the State of New York, its course being through the waters of Mount Hope Bay, Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound, New York Bay, the East River and the North River; that the principal defendant, before and…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
The question presented in this case was exhaustively discussed in the opinion in the case of Eddy v. O'Hara, 132 Mass. 56. That case did not necessarily involve the question, and therefore may not, strictly speaking, have the force of an adjudication; but, upon careful reconsideration of the subject, the reasoning of the opinion satisfies us that, by the law of this State, the wages of seamen engaged in the coastwise trade of the Atlantic coast are subject to attachment by the trustee process. We are therefore of opinion that the judgment of the Superior Court charging the trustee should be…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Eddy v. O'HaraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
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