Jones v. Rutherford
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
. Hearing on an appeal (specially allowed) from a decree pro confesso of the Supreme Court.of the District of Columbia against a nonresident defendant, after service upon him by publication, which order he had previously moved to vacate on the ground that the court was without jurisdiction to make it.
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. Hearing on an appeal (specially allowed) from a decree pro confesso of the Supreme Court.of the District of Columbia against a nonresident defendant, after service upon him by publication, which order he had previously moved to vacate on the ground that the court was without jurisdiction to make it. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This is a special appeal allowed from a decree pro confesso rendered by the supreme court of the District, based upon service of process by publication. The suit is one in equity for an injunction and receiver, and to enforce a specific…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris
As already stated, the appellant, William L. Jones, and the Eureka Insurance Company are nonresidents of the District of Columbia and residents of the State of Pennsylvania; and the question sought to be raised on the present appeal is whether they have any rights of property in the District of Columbia, or within the jurisdiction of the courts of this District, so as to subject them, under our Code, to be cited to appear here by notice of publication.
Section 105 of the Code of Law of this District [31 Stat. at L. 1206, chap. 854], which in the main is the same as section 787 of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Vaughan v. NorthupSupreme Court of the United States · 1841
- Wyman v. HalsteadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- United States Ex Rel. MacKey v. CoxeSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
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