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99 Mass. 36

Knight v. Sampson

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 15, 1868

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1868-01-15

Contract on a poor debtor’s recognizance. The case was submitted to the superior court, and, on appeal, to this court, on these facts agreed: On October 4, 1864, Sampson, under arrest on an execution, entered, with the other defendant as surety, into a recognizance under the Gen. Sts. c. 124, § 10, to deliver himself up for examination before some magistrate authorized to act, giving notice of the time and place thereof in the manner provided in the statute, “ and appear at…

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Relies on McGregor v. Crane

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Decided 1868-01-15

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Gray, J.

¶1The debtor, having entered into a recognizance under the Gen. Sts. c. 124, § 10, to abide the final order of the magistrate, was not liable to arrest until the magistrate had made and certified upon the execution an order refusing him the poor debtor’s oath; and his failure to be in attendance at that time, when an officer was present for the purpose of taking him to jail, was a breach of the recognizance. Lothrop v. Bailey, 14 Allen, 514.

¶2No disqualification is shown of the justice of the peace who took the affidavit upon which the debtor was arrested on execution. He was not the attorney of the creditor, and does not appear to have had any pecuniary interest in the case or to have received any compensation for his services therein. The student Dr clerk of an attorney at law does not stand in the same relation as the attorney himself to his clients. Barnes v. Harris, 7 Cush. 576. Andrews v. Solomon, Pet. C. C. 356. Goodtitle v. Badtitle, 8 T. R. 638. The case is thus distinguished from McGregor v. Crane, 98 Mass. 530, in which the magistrate who took such an affidavit was the attorney of the party.

¶3Judgment for the plaintiff*

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