Inhabitants of Buckland v. Inhabitants of Conway
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was a pauper cause pending in Franklin county, in which the question was, whether an estate in Comoay, which had been owned by the pauper, and of which he had taken the rents and profits three years successively, was of the clear yearly income ol three pounds; so that he had thereby acquired a settlement in Conway.
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This was a pauper cause pending in Franklin county, in which the question was, whether an estate in Comoay, which had been owned by the pauper, and of which he had taken the rents and profits three years successively, was of the clear yearly income ol three pounds; so that he had thereby acquired a settlement in Conway. The action was, at the May term, 1819, submitted by rule ot Court to certain referees, who made their report at the last May term in Franklin, that the defendants should recover against the plaintiffs the costs of the reference and the costs of Court. The plaintiffs opposed…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
The agents of a town, appointed to prosecute a suit, have general authority to conduct the suit, unless restricted by the town as to the manner of executing their trust. A vote to choose agents, and a choice in conformity thereto, is equivalent to a full power of attorney. Agents thus appointed:have the power of substitution or delegation, so far as to appoint attorneys [ * 397 ] *and employ coqnsel; who, when they have become such ■ of record, have the same power, in relation to any thing to be done in -the progress of the suit, as the agents themselves. An authority to prosecute or defend a…
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