or

CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

OF THE

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

VOL. XIV.

CONTAINING THE CASES FOR THE YEAR 1817.

WITH A SUPPLEMENT

BY DUDLEY ATKINS TYNG, Eso

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

WITH NOTES

AND

REFERENCES TO THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CASES.

BY BENJAMIN RAND, Esq.

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY

1864

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1843, by

CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED AT THE

BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE Foundry,

Atkins (Gooch, Exr. vs.).... 378 Braintree, The Inhabitants of

Bethune (Gayetty vs.)...... 49 Butler (Peirce vs.)