Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court September 15, 1809 (Denny v. Lincoln)

*302The action was continued nisi for advisement, and the opinion of the Court delivered at the following March term, in Suffolk, by

Parsons, C. J.

On the first count it is manifest that the action cannot be maintained. The consideration of the contract was a violation of the plaintiff’s official duty, and he cannot support an action to recover an indemnity for his own voluntary illegal conduct.