Putnam v. Johnson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The declaration was in case, and alleges that the defendants were duly chosen and qualified as selectmen of the town of Ando ver, in the month of March, 1813; that a town-meeting was called on the first Monday of April following, for the inhabitants qualified therefor to give in their votes for governor and lieutenant-governor of the commonwealth, and for three senators to represent Essex South district; that, at the meeting so called, the defendants presided, and undertook…
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The declaration was in case, and alleges that the defendants were duly chosen and qualified as selectmen of the town of Ando ver, in the month of March, 1813; that a town-meeting was called on the first Monday of April following, for the inhabitants qualified therefor to give in their votes for governor and lieutenant-governor of the commonwealth, and for three senators to represent Essex South district; that, at the meeting so called, the defendants presided, and undertook to receive the votes of the inhabitants so qualified, and then and there present; that the said inhabitants did give in…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff, being a citizen of the commonwealth; *487more than twenty-one years of age, and of competent property, is without doubt entitled to vote somewhere within the state for state officers.
By the facts reported in this case, it is manifest that Andover or Danvers is the place where the plaintiff has his home, within the true intent of the constitution. Although he was born in Danvers, and that is still the domicile *of his father, yet [ * 500 ] he was of an age to emancipate himself, and obtain a home in some other town. He went to Andover, and had resided there a few days short of a…
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