THE REPORT OF THE LORDS COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO DRAW UP THE STATE OF THE CASE UPON THE WRIT OF ERROR, LATELY DEPENDING IN THE HOUSE OF PEERS; WHEREIN MATTHEW ASHBY WAS PLAINTIFF, AND WILLIAM WHITE AND OTHERS DEFENDANTS. WITH THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE HOUSE OF PEERS RELATING THERETO

14, [2 blanks] pp. Folio, stitched, lightly dusted. Near Fine. Ashby had recently settled in Aylsbury. Constable White thwarted his attempt to vote for burgesses of the House of Commons, on the ground that he had not established a settlement in Aylsbury. Ashby sued, claiming this interference with his right of suffrage was unlawful. The House of Commons concluded that Ashby was without a remedy; that permitting lawsuits for such alleged violations would give rise to a multiplicity of vexatious litigation; and that Ashby was guilty of a breach of the privileges of the Commons, which had sole jurisdiction over such matters. Outraged, the House of Lords resolves that Ashby, and those similarly situated, may bring an action at law; that the Commons is guilty of "a manifest Assuming a Power to Control the Law, to Hinder the Courts of Justice, and Subject the Property of Englishmen, to the Arbitrary Votes of the House of Commons.". N° de ref. de la librería 28584

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Título: THE REPORT OF THE LORDS COMMITTEES APPOINTED...

Editorial: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty, London

Año de publicación: 1704