¶1The nineteenth article of amendment of the Constitution, requiring the Legislature to provide for the election of “ clerks of the courts by the people of the several counties,” does not apply to the clerk of a district court, whose jurisdiction is inferior to the principal courts, and extends over part of a county only. ¡Exceptions overruled.
121 Mass. 65
Commonwealth v. Mather
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 25, 1876
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1876-10-25
<p>The 19th article of amendment of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, requiring the Legislature to provide for the election of “ clerks of the courts by the people of the several counties," does not apply to the clerk of a district court, whose jurisdiction is inferior to the principal courts, and extends over part of a county only.</p>
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently July 1994
2 state decisions
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Decided 1876-10-25
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