BOSTON & MAINE R.R. v. GOKEY

No. 198.

210 U.S. 155 (1908)

BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD v. GOKEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1908.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George B. Young, with whom Mr. John Young was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Herbert W. Hovey, with whom Mr. Edwin A. Cook and Mr. Harland B. Howe were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant endeavored in the Circuit Court to raise the jurisdictional question arising from the alleged defective form and also from the alleged defective manner of service of the writ. It moved to dismiss the writ on account of its form, and pleaded in abatement that the service of...

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