Clark v. Inhabitants of Worthington

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Clark v. Inhabitants of Worthington

29 Mass. 571

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedSeptember 28, 1832

StatusPublished

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Clark v. Inhabitants of Worthington, 29 Mass. 571 (Mass. 1832).

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Per Curiam.

It was not necessary for the plaintiffs, in their declaration, to allege that they were entitled to double damages. The provision in the statute giving the plaintiffs, under such circumstances, double damages, is an authority and direc[579]*579tion to the court, as to the mode of entering up judgment, after the damages, that is, after the actual, single damages have been found and assessed by the jury.¹

Judgment for plaintiffs for double damages.

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Per Curiam.

It was not necessary for the plaintiffs, in their declaration, to allege that they were entitled to double damages. The provision in the statute giving the plaintiffs, under such circumstances, double damages, is an authority and direc[579]*579tion to the court, as to the mode of entering up judgment, after the damages, that is, after the actual, single damages have been found and assessed by the jury.¹

Judgment for plaintiffs for double damages.

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