# Brown v. Atwell

> Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · July 1, 1850 · 31 Me. 351

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4928650

## Case

- **Full name:** Brown versus Atwell & al.
- **Court:** Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
- **Decided:** July 1, 1850
- **Citations:** 31 Me. 351
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Tenneyorally
- **Judges:** Orally, Tenney
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Tenney, J., orally.
The admission of the officer, who made the' service, cannot affect the judgment in the manner contended for by the defendants. This case is clearly distinguishable from those relied on in the argument. So far as *353 the record shows, the justice had jurisdiction and the judgment was properly rendered. The defendants are bound by the judgment, until it be reversed. The defendants had no rights in the wheel, except what they derived from the officer. They are his bailees, and are not permitted to invoke the illegalities of the judgment. Whether the judgment were rightful or wrongful, or there were no judgment at all, the officer is bound, to account for the property.
Exceptions overruled.

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