Inhabitants of Nantucket v. Cotton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was a complaint of the inhabitants of Ncmtucket, under the provision of the statute of 1793, c. 59, § 3, to the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Plymouth, praying the said court to assess upon the respondent a reasonable sum for the support of his son, who had become chargeable to the town of Nantucket.
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This was a complaint of the inhabitants of Ncmtucket, under the provision of the statute of 1793, c. 59, § 3, to the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Plymouth, praying the said court to assess upon the respondent a reasonable sum for the support of his son, who had become chargeable to the town of Nantucket. That court, after hearing the parties, assessed a certain sum; and the respondent, conceiving that his ability had been overrated by the court, and finding himself aggrieved thereby, appealed to this Court from the order of the Common Pleas.
1Per curiam
The jurisdiction given to the Common Pleas by the statute, under which this process was instituted, is very special. It is plain that the legislature intended to confine the proceedings to that court, and that its orders on the subject should be final. This is a very convenient arrangement; and we see no constitutional objection to it. The appeal is dismissed.
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