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· 3/15/1808

Pollard & Pickett v. Dwight

Citations

  • 8 U.S. 421
  • 2 L. Ed. 666
  • 4 Cranch 421
  • 1807 U.S. LEXIS 402

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • Defendants who appear in an action “place[] themselves precisely in the situation in which they would have stood, had process been served upon them[.]”
  • “this court would certainly be guided by the construction given by [a] state to its own statute”
  • “By appearing to the action, the defendants in the court below placed themselves precisely in the situation in which they would have stood, had process been served upon them, and consequently waived all objections to the non-service of process.”
  • “By appearing to the action, the defendants in the court below placed themselves precisely in the situation in which they would have stood, had process been served upon them, and consequently waived all objections to the non-service of process.”
  • “By appearing to the action, the defendants in the court below placed themselves precisely in the situation in which they would have stood, had process been served upon them, and consequently waived all objections to the non-service of process.”

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Judges: Marshall

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