Brown v. Inhabitants of the County of Somerset
Cases that cite this one
4 later published cases cite this decision.
- Crocker v. Justices of the Superior Court (Mass. 1911)
- Adams v. County Commissioners of Hampden (Mass. 1860)
- Gage v. Gannet (Mass. 1813)
- Inhabitants of Lincoln v. Prince (Mass. 1807)
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Opinion of the Court
The case of a court is different from that of individual citizens. One court succeeds another, and takes, by statute, all the powers and authorities of its predecessor. The decision in Hawkes’s case was grounded upon the test of the writ; although the reasoning of the chief justice, in delivering the opinion of the Court, supports the objection made by the defendants’ counsel, grounded upon that decision.
Judgment according to the verdict.
Vide Stat. 1809, c. 127.
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