O'Brien v. County of Rockingham

“Each county is a body corporate for the purpose of suing and being sued.” P. S., c. 24, s. 1. But, as said in Eastman v. Meredith, 36 N. H. 284, 289, of the similar statutory declaration as to towns (R. S., c. 31, s. 1; P. S., c. 40, s. 1), “declaring them to be corporations can not confer upon them other powers or subject them to other duties than those which are conferred and imposed either by express provision of some statute, or are implied from the general character and design of such public corporations.” Markey v. County, 154 N. Y. 675, 679.

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