Fulham v. Howe
Supreme Court of Vermont
Replevin. Plea, general issue, with notice that defendant would justify under a tax-bill and warrant directed to him as collector of taxes of the town of Ludlow. Trial by jury, December Term, 1887, Royce, Cb. J., presiding. Verdict for the defendant.
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Replevin. Plea, general issue, with notice that defendant would justify under a tax-bill and warrant directed to him as collector of taxes of the town of Ludlow. Trial by jury, December Term, 1887, Royce, Cb. J., presiding. Verdict for the defendant. The tax in question was assessed in 1886. The plaintiff neglected and refused to make out and swear to an inventory of his personal property, for that year, as required by law, and the listers of said town then proceeded to make a list of his personal property, as required by law, where no inventory is filled out and sworn to. They found a note…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Veazey, J.
The exceptions are numbered in the bill of exceptions, and are taken up and numbered in the same order in this opinion.
I. If there was any error in excluding the testimony of Harpin, it is not available to the plaintiff by reason of the verdict for the defendant. Frary v. Gusha, 59 Vt. 257.
II. Public Acts, No. 3, of 1884, entitled, “ An act relating to the grand list,” provides, section 3, that the number of inhabitants of a town or city, for the purposes of this act, shall be deemed to be the number of inhabitants as returned by the United…
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