# Commonwealth v. Brown

> Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · November 15, 1858 · 78 Mass. 135

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6411891

## Case

- **Full name:** Commonwealth v. Leonard Brown
- **Court:** Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- **Decided:** November 15, 1858
- **Citations:** 78 Mass. 135
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

By the Court.
It is a well established principle, in all cases, civil as well as criminal, that a charge in tort against two is several as well as joint, against all and each of them. All or part may be convicted, and all or part may be acquitted.
Exceptions overruled.

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