Plummer v. Hubbard

The plaintiff is an Indian and a member of the Seneca nation of Indians. On August 5, 1907, he purchased the real estate described in the complaint, situated seven miles from the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, entered into possession thereof, resided thereon until the fall of 1915. In October, 1916, one John B. Moss commenced an action at law against the plaintiff to recover the purchase price of groceries theretofore sold by him to the plaintiff, by the personal service of a summons issued by Albert C. White, a justice of the peace, of the town of Dayton, said county; such'proceedings were…