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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The printed his representatives. record as made up in each case for the su- TRANSITORY ACTION. An action the preme court of the United States is so called; cause of which might have arisen in one also in the circuit court of appeals. If a nec- place or county as well as another. essary part has been omitted and is subse- In general, all personal actions, whether quently presented to the appellate court, duly ex contractu; 5 Taunt. 25; New York Corp. certified, it may be made part of the record v. Dawson, 2 Johns. Cas. (N. Y.) 335; Henby direct order. Jurisdiction attaches upon wood v. Cheesernan, 3 S. & R. (Pa.) 500; or the filing in the court above of the writ of ex delicto; 1 Chitty, PI. 243; for personal error and is not defeated by irregularity in injuries; Gunther v. Dranbauer, S6 Md. 1, 38 the transcript or its certification; Burnham Atl. 33; Myers v. R. Co., 69 Minn. 476, 72 v. R. Co., 87 Fed. 168, 30 C. C. A. 591. N. W. 694, 65 Am. St. Rep. 579; for quarry- Substantially complete sets in the supreme ing stone on defendant’s land in one state court of the United States since printing was and removing it to another; Phelps v. required have been preserved and may be Church, 99 Fed. 683, 40 C. C. A. 72; to refound in the libraries of the Law Association cover damages for a tort; Dennick v. R. Co., of Philadelphia (from 1832), the Bar Associa- 103 U. §. 11, 26 L. Ed. 439; Stewart v. R. tion of the City of New York and of the su- Co., 168 U. S. 445, 18 Sup. Ct. 105, 42 L. Ed. preme court itself. 537; are transitory, and may be maintained