Bromfield v. Lovejoy

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Bromfield v. Lovejoy

1 Super. Ct. Jud. 237

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedMarch 15, 1767

StatusPublished

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Bromfield v. Lovejoy, 1 Super. Ct. Jud. 237 (Mass. 1767).

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The Court

took a Distinction between Gentleman by Curtesy, and Reputation, and feemed to be of Opinion, that, if a Man was Gentleman by Curtesy, Yeoman was not his sue Addition; aliter if Gentleman by Reputation only. In the present Case they were of Opinion, that Lovejoy was a Gentleman, both by his Commission and by Curtefy. Therefore they ruled, that the Writ abate, though they said it was a very great Hardship upon the Bar.

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The Court

took a Distinction between Gentleman by Curtesy, and Reputation, and feemed to be of Opinion, that, if a Man was Gentleman by Curtesy, Yeoman was not his sue Addition; aliter if Gentleman by Reputation only. In the present Case they were of Opinion, that Lovejoy was a Gentleman, both by his Commission and by Curtefy. Therefore they ruled, that the Writ abate, though they said it was a very great Hardship upon the Bar.

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1 Super. Ct. Jud. 237, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/bromfield-v-lovejoy-mass-1767.