HERVEY ET AL. v. R.I. LOCOMOTIVE WORKS


93 U.S. 664 (____)

HERVEY ET AL. v. RHODE ISLAND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert G. Ingersoll, for the plaintiffs in error.

Mr. H.S. Greene and Mr. D.T. Littler, contra.


MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court.

It was decided by this court, in Green v. Van Buskirk, 5 Wall. 307, 7 id. 139, that the liability of property to be sold under legal process, issuing from the courts of the State where it is situated, must be determined by the law there, rather than that of the jurisdiction where the owner lives. These decisions rest on the ground that every State has the right to regulate...

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