Case Name: Blower vers. Campbell
Court: Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1762-08
Citations: 1 Super. Ct. Jud. 8
Docket Number: 
Parties: Blower vers. Campbell.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, between 1761 and 1772
Volume: 1
Pages: 8–9

Head Matter:
Blower vers. Campbell.
Whether the Description “Blacksmith ” includes a Nailor or not —quiere.
The Defendant was named in the Writ, Blacksmith, to which he pleaded he was a Nailo and not a Blacksmith, and therefore prays Judment for the Abatement of the Writ.
It was replied that Blacksmith was a genera Name, including many Species, of which a Nailo was one.
The Defendant’s Council answered that they wer so distinct that the one knew Nothing of the other Business, and a Forger, Gunsmith, &c., might a well be called Blacksmith.
1762.

Opinion:
The Court
were unanimously of the Opinion that he Writ was good, but for different Reasons; some because the Defendant had at certain Times done come Articles of Blacksmith's Work; others for he Reason aforefaid.