Case Name: Dorcas Brown versus William Brown
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1819-03
Citations: 14 Tyng 389
Docket Number: 
Parties: * Dorcas Brown versus William Brown.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 350–350

Head Matter:
* Dorcas Brown versus William Brown.
A constable is not competent to serve a summons, issuing upon a libel filed for a divorce.

Opinion:
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.