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138 Mass. 115

Morrill v. Lamson

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 11, 1884

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1884-11-11

Scire FACIAS against an attorney at law, as indorser of a writ.

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently September 1910

3 state decisions

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Decided 1884-11-11

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By the Court.

¶1The indorsement on the back of the writ, “ From the office of Caleb Lamson,” subjected the defendant to all the legal liabilities of an indorser of the writ, under the Pub. Sts. c. 161, § 24. Wheeler v. Lynde, 1 Allen, 402, and cases cited.

¶2If the second rule of the Superior Court has any application to the case, which we need not decide, it furnishes no defence. The defendant cannot relieve himself from the liability he assumed by indorsing the writ, by showing that, in doing this, he violated his duty to the court. Judgment affirmed.

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