Jones v. Hacker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The judgment, for the reversal of which this writ was sued, was rendered by the Court of Common Pleas for this county, June term, 1808, upon a report of referees made in virtue of a rule entered into before a justice of the peace, under the statute of 1786, c. 21.
1Opinion of the Court
The cause was continued nisi for advisement, and the opinion of the Court was delivered at the succeeding September term in Berkshire, by
Parsons, C. J.
A report under this statute must appear to be made pursuant to the directions of it, before the Common Pleas can render judgment upon it. The authority of the referees must be regularly given, and duly executed. Upon these two points it is competent for the Common Pleas to inquire, before they render a judgment on the report.
That this authority may be regularly given, the party making the demand must first make out a particular statement…
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