Johnson v. Stanley

Action for wrongfully and illegally appointing an overseer over the plaintiff, without any just or legal cause, on purpose to injure him, etc. Plea, severally not guilty. Issue to the court. Upon the evidence it appeared — That the plaintiff was capable of managing his affairs, and was industrious; that he had got into an unhappy dispute with some of the defendants; from whence arose a number of law suits, in some of which he was plaintiff, in some he was defendant: That the selectmen were too much influenced by the parties who were against the plaintiff, to take this step; from which in…