Jennes v. Landes
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington
This is a suit in equity, by Lutie Jennes, a married woman, against Henry Landes and others, for an accounting respecting certain property to which she claims ownership. The defendants have demurred to the bill on two grounds, viz.: The bill does not contain a prayer for process, nor designate the defendants who aré required to answer, and the bill shows upon its face that the case is not within the jurisdiction of this court. Demurrer sustained.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
Both in the caption and in the body of the bill of complaint the defendants who are required to answer are named, and.plainly designated. This being .so, the bill is not de-murrable, because there is no prayer for process.
The complainant was born in the state of Washington, and lived in the state of Washington until her marriage to a British subject, when she removed to, and became permanently domiciled in, British Columbia, and she is now an inhabitant of British Columbia; and in her bill of complaint alleges that by her change of domicile and marriage she has become…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pequignot v. City of DetroitU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan · 1883
3Cited by4 opinions
- Ex parte GriffinDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1916
- Wallenburg v. Missouri Pac. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska · 1908
- Jenns v. LandesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington · 1898
- Hoyt v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1941