# Brown v. Brown

> Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · March 15, 1819 · 15 Mass. 389

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6404790

## Case

- **Full name:** Dorcas Brown versus William Brown
- **Court:** Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- **Decided:** March 15, 1819
- **Citations:** 15 Mass. 389
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

This was a libel for a divorce from the bonds of matrimony. 1'he libel was duly filed in the clerk’s office; and a summons was thereupon issued, directed to the sheriff, his deputy, or any constable of Boston, and it was served and returned by a constable. The Court dismissed the libel, on the ground that a constable had no authority to serve the summons.

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