Case Name: HOPKINTON
Court: Massachusetts House of Representatives
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1783
Citations: 1 Rep. Cont. El. 6
Docket Number: 
Parties: HOPKINTON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of controverted elections in the House of representatives, of the commonwealth of Massachusetts...
Volume: 1
Pages: 6–6

Head Matter:
HOPKINTON.
Tlie validity of an election may be inquired into on motion.

Opinion:
Upon a motion made and seconded, for an inquiry into the qualifications of the member from Hopkinton, a question was put, whether the house would enter into the consideration of the right to a seat of any member or members, in consequence of a motion made for that purpose, upon the member [making it] declaring that he stands ready to prove the disqualifications, and [it was] determined in the affirmative. The motion then subsided.
3 J. H. 90.