Reports of Cases Argued and Determined
in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
by Octavius Pickering, Counsellor at Law
Volume VI
Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1829
Table of Cases
| Court Case | State | Page # |
| Front Matter | . | title, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| The Inhabitants of Newbury versus The Inhabitants of Harvard | Essex | 1-5 |
| Micah Favour versus Jonathan B. Sargent | Essex | 5-6 |
| John Manning et al. versus The Inhabitants of the Fifth Parish in Gloucester | Essex | 6-20 |
| The Inhabitants of Danvers versus The Commissioners of Highways for the County of Essex | Essex | 20-22 |
| The Salem Mill Dam Corporation versus Joseph Ropes | Essex | 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 |
| John Merrill versus Bailey Bartlett | Essex | 46, 47, 48 |
| Daniel A. White, Judge &c. versus Jacob B. Winchester | Essex | 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 |
| Dudley Adams versus Billy Emerson | Essex | 57, 58, 59 |
| Reuben Jones versus The Inhabitants of Andover | Essex | 59, 60, 61, 62, 63 |
| Mary Wadsworth versus John Ruggles, Executor of Benjamin Wadsworth | Essex | 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 |
| Samuel Ayer versus Bailey Bartlett, Sheriff, &c. | Essex | 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 |
| Stephen Barker 2d versus Jonathan Parker | Essex | 80, 81, 82 |
| John M'Kenzie versus John Rea | Essex | 83, 84, 85 |
| Lemuel Shaw et al. versus Theodore Poor | Essex | 86, 87, 88 |
| Phebe Abbot versus John Bayley | Essex | 89, 90, 91, 92, 93 |
| William Cogswell versus The Essex Mill Corporation | Essex | 94, 95, 96, 97 |
| Joseph Osborn versus The Inhabitants of Danvers | Essex | 98, 99, 100 |
| Nicholas Woodbury versus The Inhabitants of Hamilton | Essex | 101, 102, 103 |
| Elizabeth Hill, Administratrix, versus Margaret T. Wells | Suffolk/Nantucket | 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110 |
| Henry Sawtell, Petitioner &c. | Suffolk/Nantucket | 110, 111, 112, 113 |
| Commonwealth versus Selden Braynard | Suffolk/Nantucket | 113, 114 |
| Paul Gardner et al. versus Aaron Mitchell | Suffolk/Nantucket | 114, 115, 116 |
| S. Mitchell et al. versus The New-England Marine Insurance Company | Suffolk/Nantucket | 117, 118, 119, 120 |
| Israel Thorndike versus George De Wolf and Trustees | Suffolk/Nantucket | 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125 |
| Elizabeth Andrews, Executrix, versus William C. Hunneman et al. | Suffolk/Nantucket | 126, 127, 128, 129, 130 |
| Joseph Bryant et al. versus Commonwealth Insurance Company | Suffolk/Nantucket | 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147 |
| John C. Jones versus Boston Mill Corporation | Suffolk/Nantucket | 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157 |
| Jacob P. Rust versus Boston Mill Corporation | Suffolk/Nantucket | 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171 |
| David Hale versus The Mercantile Marine Insurance Company | Suffolk/Nantucket | 172 |
| David R. Poignard versus Ebenezer Smith | Suffolk/Nantucket | 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178 |
| George Brinley et al. versus Charles F. Kupfer | Suffolk/Nantucket | 179, 180, 181 |
| George Welles et al. versus Boston Insurance Company | Suffolk/Nantucket | 182, 183, 184, 185, 186 |
| Henry Vandine, Petitioner, &c. | Suffolk/Nantucket | 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192 |
| Silas Pierce versus William Thompson | Suffolk/Nantucket | 193, 194, 195, 196, 197 |
| Elisha Copeland Junior versus The Mercantile Insurance Company | Suffolk/Nantucket | 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206 |
| Isaac Pierce versus Elisha Woodward | Suffolk/Nantucket | 206, 207, 208 |
| Stephen Glover and George B. Lapham versus Nathaniel Austin | Suffolk/Nantucket | 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222 |
| Stephen Glover et al. versus Joseph Hunnewell | Suffolk/Nantucket | 222, 223, 224 |
| Richard H. Ayer versus Nathaniel Austin | Suffolk/Nantucket | 225, 226 |
| Samuel D. Parker versus James Dennie | Suffolk/Nantucket | 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232 |
| Henry Hall et al. versus Edward Williams et al. | Suffolk/Nantucket | 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247 |
| Benjamin T. Pickman versus Samuel Woods | Suffolk/Nantucket | 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259 |
| Abigail Thompson versus David Hale | Suffolk/Nantucket | 259, 260, 261, 262 |
| John Smith versus James Dennie | Suffolk/Nantucket | 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268 |
| Elias Bean versus Henry Farnam et al. | Suffolk/Nantucket | 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276 |
| Joseph Sewall et al. versus Lawson Valentine | Suffolk/Nantucket | 276, 277, 278, 279, 280 |
| James Young versus Samuel Austin et al. | Suffolk/Nantucket | 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286 |
| Joshua Blake versus Samuel Williams, Principal, and Josiah Marshall, Trustee | Suffolk/Nantucket | 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315 |
| Zebina Eastman et al. versus Winslow Wright et al. | Suffolk/Nantucket | 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323 |
| James Nesmith et al. versus Washington Bank | Suffolk/Nantucket | 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330 |
| Mary Johnson versus Nathaniel F. Ames | Suffolk/Nantucket | 330, 331, 332, 333, 334 |
| Pliny Cutler et al. versus Peter Winsor | Suffolk/Nantucket | 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340 |
| Ralph Huntington versus The American Bank | Suffolk/Nantucket | 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348 |
| Joseph L. Lord versus Luke Baldwin | Suffolk/Nantucket | 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353 |
| Isaiah Woodward versus John B. Tremere et al. | Suffolk/Nantucket | 354, 355 |
| Selden Braynard versus Jabez Fisher | Suffolk/Nantucket | 355, 356 |
| John Breed versus Joseph Hurd | Suffolk/Nantucket | 356, 357 |
| John G. Ward et al. versus George O. Lamson and Trustee | Suffolk/Nantucket | 358, 359 |
| John Halliday versus John Doggett et al. | Suffolk/Nantucket | 359, 360 |
| George A. Hodges versus Samuel D. Harris | Suffolk/Nantucket | 360, 361, 362 |
| Henry Bass, Executor &c. of Henry Bass versus William Bass | Suffolk/Nantucket | 362, 363, 364 |
| Benjamin Guild, Administrator, versus James Richardson, Administrator of Ruggles Whiting | Suffolk/Nantucket | 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372 |
| Calvin Bailey versus George Clark | Suffolk/Nantucket | 372, 373, 374, 375 |
| Washington Bank versus Boston Glass Manufactory | Suffolk/Nantucket | 375 |
| Israel Thorndike versus William H Bordman | Suffolk/Nantucket | 375 |
| The Proprietors of Charles River Bridge, in Equity, versus The Proprietors of Warren Bridge, et al. | Suffolk/Nantucket | 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408 |
| John Ward versus Willy Bartholomew | Berkshire | 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416 |
| William P. Walker, Judge &c. versus Falley Griswold et al. | Berkshire | 416, 417 |
| John Chatfield, Petitioner, &c. versus Hezekiah Lathrop | Berkshire | 417, 418 |
| William Leavenworth versus Ebenezer Pope | Berkshire | 419 |
| Joseph D. Lynch versus Noah Rosseter | Berkshire | 419, 420 |
| Deodatus C. Whitwood versus Amos Kellogg | Berkshire | 420, 421 |
| Rufus Saxton, Appellant from a Decree of the Judge of Probate, versus William Chamberlain | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427 |
| The Trustees of Amherst Academy versus Jonathan Cowls | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440 |
| Anson Kimberly et al. versus Theodore Ely William Ely versus The Same Nehemiah Allen versus The Same |
Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454 |
| Alanson Wallis versus Pearly Truesdell et al. | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 455, 456, 457, 458 |
| William Walker, Appellant, &c. versus The Administrators of Elihu Lyman | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 458, 459, 460 |
| Samuel C. Allen versus Isaac C. Bates et al. | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 460, 461 |
| Amos Piper versus Alvarius Willard and Trustees | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 461, 462 |
| Pardon Haynes versus Noah Wells et al. | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 462, 463, 464 |
| Asa Robbins et al. versus Alvarius Willard et al. | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 464 |
| Ebenezer Eaton versus William Whitaker | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 465, 466, 467, 468 |
| Aaron Brooks versus Epaphras Hoyt | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 468, 469 |
| The Inhabitants of New Salem et al. Petitioners for a certiorari | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 470, 471, 472, 473, 474 |
| David Ripley versus Otis Severance, Principal, and Joel Allis, Trustee | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 474, 475, 476, 477, 478 |
| Lyman Sawyer versus Calvin Merrill et al. | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 478, 479, 480, 481 |
| John Hooker, Judge, &c. versus Asa Olmstead et al. | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 481, 482, 483 |
| Elihu Smith versus Maria Juliana Saxton | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488 |
| William Hunt versus Daniel Maynard | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 489, 490, 491, 492 |
| William Wade versus Charles Howard et al. | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500 |
| Commonwealth at the Relation of the Inhabitants of Springfield versus The Commissioners of Highways for the county of Hampden | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509 |
| Elisha Tileston versus Alpheus Nettleton | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 509, 510, 511 |
| Noah Clarke in Error versus Ezekiel Lamb, Executor &c. | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517 |
| Ilai Griswold versus Warren Messenger | Hampshire/Franklin/Hampden | 517, 518, 519 |
| Index | . | 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548 |
