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Minot v. CurtisMinot v. Curtis

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
May 15, 1811
Reporters:
By the Court.

We are all of opinion that the creating a poll parish is ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‍as much within the intention of the legislature in the statute referred to, as the erecting of a parish circumscribed by one continuous line, and in ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‍which all the lands shall join and be contiguous to each other. As to the fact of this parish having used several names in its public ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‍proceedings, we know not why corporations may not be known by several names, as well as individuals. If this point had been before the jury as ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‍a question of fact, the defendants would have been held to prove the identity of the parish thus acting under different names. But in the case ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‍at bar, that identity is agreed. The defendants are then entitled to judgment.

Plaintiff nonsuit.

Case Details

Case Name: Minot v. Curtis
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: May 15, 1811
Citation: 7 Mass. 441
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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