Marshall v. Hunt

Appellee, as township tax collector in Fulton county, levied upon and sold a horse belonging to appellant to satisfy personal taxes, amounting to §98.86, extended upon the collector’s books against appellant as the agent for one Phoebe Knock.

Appellant brought suit in trespass against appellee before a justice of the peace and recovered, but failed in his suit when tried on appeal in the Circuit Court. He brings the case to this court for review and urges a reversal of the judgment for the following reasons:

1. The distraint and sale of his individual property to pay the taxes on Phoebe Knock’s…