Case Name: CASE OF ELBRIDGE GERRY, MEMBER FROM MARBLEHEAD
Court: Massachusetts House of Representatives
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1787
Citations: 1 Rep. Cont. El. 23
Docket Number: 
Parties: CASE OF ELBRIDGE GERRY, MEMBER FROM MARBLEHEAD.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of controverted elections in the House of representatives, of the commonwealth of Massachusetts...
Volume: 1
Pages: 23–23

Head Matter:
CASE OF ELBRIDGE GERRY, MEMBER FROM MARBLEHEAD.
The removal of a member, from the town for which he is elected, to another town within the state, does not disqualify him from holding his seat for the residue of the term.

Opinion:
A letter was received from Elbridge Gerry, Esq., one of the representatives from Marblehead, stating that he had removed to Cambridge, and requesting the opinion of the house, whether his removal was a " disqualifying circumstance." The communication was referred to a committee, who reported, "that, having examined the constitution, they can find nothing in the same incompatible with the said Gerry's serving the town of Marblehead, as their representative, the remainder of the present year, his having removed to Cambridge notwithstanding." The report was agreed to.
7 J. H. 195.