Commonwealth v. Inhabitants of Phillipsburg

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth v. Inhabitants of Phillipsburg, 10 Mass. 78 (Mass. 1813)

Commonwealth v. Inhabitants of Phillipsburg

Opinion of the Court

Curia.

We cannot change the name of the defendants in the indictment; nor is there any occasion for it. We have no difficulty in proceeding upon the indictment as it stands; nor in inflicting a fine and awarding execution against the defendants by the name of the inhabitants of Phillipsburg. If a feme sole intermarries pending an action against her, the action still proceeds against her by her former name; and she may be taken on execution, notwithstanding her coverture.

So neither the defendants nor the attorney-general took any thing by their respective motions.

Reference

Full Case Name
Commonwealth versus The Inhabitants of Phillipsburg
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Published