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Page Co. v. MacDonald, 261 U.S. 446 (1923)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Page Co. v. MacDonald, 261 U.S. 446 (1923)
Page Co. v. Macdonald No. 308 Argued March 13, 1923 Decided April 9, 1923 261 U.S. 446
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
Syllabus
1. A nonresident defendant to an action in the district court is immune to service of process therein while present within the district as a party to litigation in a state court attending a hearing before a special master. P. 447.
2. This exemption from service is the privilege of the court before which the party is attending, rather than the privilege of the party himself. P. 448.
3. Where the action in which service is attempted is for an alleged libel in his pleadings on file in the case upon which he is attending, he cannot be adjudged to have forfeited his immunity upon the theory that the libel was still being committed, through such pleadings, to the time when the attempted service was made. Id.
Affirmed.
Error to a judgment of the district court sustaining a plea in abatement to an action for libel.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Page Co. v. MacDonald, 261 U.S. 446 (1923) in 261 U.S. 446 Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JY45VKAIGP23WHH.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Page Co. v. MacDonald, 261 U.S. 446 (1923), in 261 U.S. 446, Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JY45VKAIGP23WHH.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Page Co. v. MacDonald, 261 U.S. 446 (1923). cited in 1923, 261 U.S. 446. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JY45VKAIGP23WHH.
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