Mitchell v. Clapp
66 Mass. 278
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Bluebook
Mitchell v. Clapp, 66 Mass. 278 (Mass. 1853).
Opinion
This is essentially a remedial and not a penal statute. The damages are given wholly to the party injured. The point was directly decided in Reed v. North-field, 13 Pick. 94. Exceptions overruled.
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