Lewis v. Norton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ oe entry, to obtain possession of a parcel of land in the city of Boston. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the tenant, to this court, on appeal, upon agreed facts, the nature of which appears in the opinion and in the opinion in the former case, reported 159 Mass. 432. The case was argued at the bar in January, 1895, and after-wards was submitted on the briefs to all the judges.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The principal question argued before us was considered and decided in Lewis v. Norton, 159 Mass. 432, and a majority of the court are of opinion that there is no good reason for changing the decision then announced.
For more than two hundred years constables have been elected by the towns of this Commonwealth, and have been regarded as town or city officers. Prov. St. 1692-93, c. 28, § 4; 1 Prov. Laws, (State ed.) 65. Leavitt v. Leavitt, 135 Mass. 191. Except in a few cases, for which special provisions are made by the statutes, they can do nothing officially outside of the cities or towns in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Leavitt v. LeavittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Lewis v. NortonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
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