McGuire v. Sayward
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Error to reverse the judgment of a justice of the peace for the County of Waldo, rendered in favor of Say ward against McGuire.
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Error to reverse the judgment of a justice of the peace for the County of Waldo, rendered in favor of Say ward against McGuire. The action was debt, brought by Sayward, an inhabitant of Thomaston in the County of Lincoln, as adjutant of the fourth regiment, “ detailed and commissioned according to law, to take the command of and train and discipline the B company of infantry in said regiment, said company being a company of infantry belonging to the town of Camden in the County of Waldo, and then being, and for three months previous thereto, and ever since having been, without any…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Shepley J.
— The disinclination of the members of this company of militia to avail themselves of the privileges secured to them, and to take upon themselves the duties assigned them by law, has been already exhibited to the Court in the case of Martin v. Fales, 6 Shepl. 23.
Obedience to the laws is among- the first duties of a good *233citizen, and especially in a free government. It is only by this, as a general rule, that such a government can be preserved. And one, who refuses such obedience, is instrumental in subverting that government of laws, from…
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