Glenn v. Sumner
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR TIIH WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA. This was an action brought November 16, 1S83, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina by John Glenn, as trustee of the National Express and Transportation Company, against Thomas J. Sumner to recover $7500 for an assessment on shares held by him in that company.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR TIIH WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA. This was an action brought November 16, 1S83, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina by John Glenn, as trustee of the National Express and Transportation Company, against Thomas J. Sumner to recover $7500 for an assessment on shares held by him in that company. The complaint contained the following allegations: “ 1st. That the plaintiff is and was at the time of issuing the summons in this case .a citizen of Maryland, and the defendant a citizen of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
■ The sufficiency and scope of pleadings, and the form and effect of verdicts, in actions at law, are matters in which the Circuit Courts of the United States are governed by the practice of the courts of the State in which they are held. Rev. Stat. § 914; Bond v. Dustin, 112 U. S. 604.
By the Code of Civil Procedure of North Carolina, the complaint is required to contain a plain and concise statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, and to have each material allegation distinctly numbered. § 93. The answer must contain “a general or special denial of each material allegation…
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