Greene v. Lunt
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. . Writ of entry to recover possession of eighteen parcels of land, situated in Peru, in this county, and claimed under a sale for taxes. • The plaintiff introduced the records of the town showing an election of officers at a town meeting held March 8, 1862. The plaintiff introduced the following transcripts of the record: “ Oxford, ss : — March 3, 1862. — Personally appeared William Woodsum, jr., and took the oath necessary to qualify him to discharge the duties…
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On report. . Writ of entry to recover possession of eighteen parcels of land, situated in Peru, in this county, and claimed under a sale for taxes. • The plaintiff introduced the records of the town showing an election of officers at a town meeting held March 8, 1862. The plaintiff introduced the following transcripts of the record: “ Oxford, ss : — March 3, 1862. — Personally appeared William Woodsum, jr., and took the oath necessary to qualify him to discharge the duties of clerk of the town of Peru for the ensuing year, according to law, before me. Samuel Holmes, Moderator. A true copy of…
1Opinion of the CourtDanforth, J.
This is an action to recover possession of eighteen different parcels of land, claimed by virtue of a sale for taxes for the years 1862, 1863, and 1864. The proceedings in assessing the taxes and making the sales, are substantially alike in each year, and, therefore, it will be unnecessary to consider only those of the first.
Many objections have been -raised to the election, qualification, and proceedings of the officers who made the assessments, as well as to the proceedings of the collector in making the sales. It is true that in these respects, as the plaintiff’s title is founded solely…
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