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50 N.H. 437

Dudley v. Spaulding

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided December 15, 1870

Supreme Court of New Hampshire · decided 1870-12-15

Assumpsit, by Moses Dudley against George Spaulding. The officer returned that he had attached real estate, and left at defendant’s usual place of abode a summons, as prescribed by law, with his name and office endorsed thereon.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently October 1950

2 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1870-12-15

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Bellows, C. J.

¶1Two distinct causes of abatement are set forth, and that is clearly bad for duplicity. The latter embraces a case where no summons in form of law prescribed has been delivered ; while the former is confined to the single cause of not setting forth the dates of the endorsements on the notes declared on: and they are obviously different causes of abatement.

¶2The first cause is also defectively stated, in not alleging that the endorsements were dated. If they were not, the statute does not apply, for there are no dates to set forth. It is not enough that it is probable that the endorsements were dated, but the fact should be distinctly alleged in the plea.

¶3The exception, therefore, is overruled.

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