Transitory action
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 244 U.S. 68 - Ohio River Contract Co. v. Gordon · 1917Most cited · 72 citing opinions
personal injuries
An action for personal injuries being in its nature transitory and susceptible of being brought in any jurisdiction in which the defendant may be impleaded, there is no foundation for the contention that the court had no jurisdiction over the subject-matter of the suit.
How often courts cite the case defining “Transitory action”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Transitory action” — 72 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.