Wass v. Bartlett

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Wass v. Bartlett

76 Mass. 490

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedMarch 15, 1858

StatusPublished

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Wass v. Bartlett, 76 Mass. 490 (Mass. 1858).

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Opinion

By the Court.

The provision of St. 1857, c. 141, § 21, that a debtor arrested on mesne process, and carried before a magistrate, and by him refused the poor debtor’s oath, and committed to jail, shall be “ there kept until final judgment in the suit in which he was arrested,” is qualified by the subsequent provision “ unless he shall ” do one of certain acts, one of which is giving a bail bond according to § 22.

Prisoner discharged.

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By the Court.

The provision of St. 1857, c. 141, § 21, that a debtor arrested on mesne process, and carried before a magistrate, and by him refused the poor debtor’s oath, and committed to jail, shall be “ there kept until final judgment in the suit in which he was arrested,” is qualified by the subsequent provision “ unless he shall ” do one of certain acts, one of which is giving a bail bond according to § 22.

Prisoner discharged.

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76 Mass. 490, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/wass-v-bartlett-mass-1858.