Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court November 15, 1865 (Way v. Dame)

Colt, J.

By Gen. Sts. c. 142, §§ 1, 4, all personal actions may be commenced by trustee process, except actions of replevin, actions of tort, for malicious prosecution, slander, and assault and battery; and the writ in such case shall be returnable in the county where the trustees or some of them reside or have their usual places of business.