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Fox v. FletcherFox v. Fletcher

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Oct 15, 1811
Reporters:
* The Court

observed that this case ‍​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‍must be decided by that of Shaw & Al. vs. Hearsey & Al., (1) and that the demandant was ‍​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‍entitled to judgment upon the facts disclosed.

Bigelow agreed that the case should ‍​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‍be discharged; that the tenant should plead the general issue, and ‍​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‍upon the coming in of the jury suffer a verdict ‍​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‍to pass against him.

Notes

5 Mass. Rep. 521.

Case Details

Case Name: Fox v. Fletcher
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Oct 15, 1811
Citation: 8 Mass. 274
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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