Legal Opinion
Thurman v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 1926PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This action is brought by a resident of Massachusetts against a defendant described in the writ as a corporation having a usual place of business in the city of Boston in our county of Suffolk. The return of the officer shows that service was made upon F. D. Dodge, “agent” of the defendant and “in charge of its business.” The defendant filed an answer in abatement, to which the plaintiff demurred. The facts well pleaded in the plea must be accepted as true for the purpose of this decision. Those facts, so far as material, are that the defendant is a foreign railroad corporation engaged in…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
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