Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1811

Coffin v. Abbot

Coffin v. Abbot
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided March 15, 1811
7 Mass. 252

Coffin v. Abbot

Opinion of the Court

Note. It was observed by the Court, in this case, that slight evidence, on the part of the petitioner so circumstanced, is sufficient *213to support the petition; although that evidence be contradicted by testimony on the part of the respondent; because the granting of the petition is not a trial of the cause, but merely a determination that the petitioner shall not be precluded from making a defence to an action brought against him.

Jackson and Hubbard for the petitioner. The. Solicitor-General and Fuller for the respondent.

The review was granted, the costs of it to be subject to the discretion of the Court.

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