Bristol Manufacturing Co. v. Gridley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the case for- damage caused to the plaintiffs by an illegal alteration of their assessment list by the.defendant, by means of which the tax of the plaintiffs was increased.
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Action on the case for- damage caused to the plaintiffs by an illegal alteration of their assessment list by the.defendant, by means of which the tax of the plaintiffs was increased. The declaration .contained two. counts., not essentially different, one of which is given in full in a former report of the case, 27 Conn., 221. The principal facts of the case are also there stated.A n„ew trial having at that time been granted, the case was tried again to the jury, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiffs. After the verdict, the defendant movedtin arrest of judgment for the insufficiency of the…
1Opinion of the Court
- Ellsworth, J.
The motion in arrest raises two questions of *171law which have been elaborately argued before us; 1st, does the declaration, on the facts set forth in it, contain a good cause of action ; and 2d, if it does, ought the action to be, in form,.trespass or trespass on the case. Other' less important questions have been made in the case which will receive attention in their place.
The declaration contains two counts, which are essentially the same. They state that the plaintiffs, a manufacturing ^company in the town of Bristol, liable to be taxed [ *209 ] for their property, were put into…
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