Brown v. Inhabitants of the County of Somerset

11 Mass. 221

Opinion

Per Curiam.

The case of a court is different from that of individual citizens. One court succeeds another, and takes, by statute, all the powers and authorities of its predecessor. The decision in Hawkes’s case was grounded upon the test of the writ; although the reasoning of the chief justice, in delivering the opinion of the Court, supports the objection made by the defendants’ counsel, grounded upon that decision.

Judgment according to the verdict.

(2)

Vide Stat. 1809, c. 127.