Inhabitants of Brewer v. Inhabitants of New Gloucester

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Inhabitants of Brewer v. Inhabitants of New Gloucester, 14 Mass. 216 (Mass. 1817)

Inhabitants of Brewer v. Inhabitants of New Gloucester

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The statute, describing the duty and power of coroners, (1) directs that all writs and precepts, when the sheriff or either of his deputies shall be a party to the same, shall be served by the coroner. As the law provides that, when judgment is recovered against the inhabitants of a town, execution may be levied upon the property of any inhabitant, each inhabitant must be considered as a party, within the meaning of the statute referred to, when the suit is by or against the town in its corporate capacity, (a)

Writ abated.

Stat. 1783, c. 43, § 1.

[Sutton vs. Cole, 8 Mass. Rep. 96. — Odiorne vs. Wade, 8 Mass. Rep. 115. — Lufkin vs. Haskell, 3 Pick. 356. — Bank vs. Cook, 4 Pick. 405. — Ed.]

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Full Case Name
The Inhabitants of Brewer versus The Inhabitants of New Gloucester
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