Inhabitants of Levant v. County Commissioners
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Petition for certiorari representing as follows: “That at a court of the county commissioners, for said county, held at Levant, by adjournment on November 17, 1875, the petition of Daniel Hall of said town, was presented, praying for an abatement of the taxes assessed to him by the assessors of said town, for the year 1875, and a hearing was had thereon ; and the said county commissioners upon said petition, undertook to abate said tax, and adopted certain…
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On report. Petition for certiorari representing as follows: “That at a court of the county commissioners, for said county, held at Levant, by adjournment on November 17, 1875, the petition of Daniel Hall of said town, was presented, praying for an abatement of the taxes assessed to him by the assessors of said town, for the year 1875, and a hearing was had thereon ; and the said county commissioners upon said petition, undertook to abate said tax, and adopted certain proceedings for that purpose, which are recorded and fully appear in the records to be adduced and exhibited herein. “And your…
1Opinion of the CourtVirgin, J.
By the provisions of B. S., c. 11, §§ 3 and 4, this court “has the general superintendence of all inferior courts for the prevention and correction of errors and abuses, where the law does not expressly provide.any remedy; and it may issue writs of error, certiorari, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto, and all writs and processes necessary for the furtherance of justice or the execution of the laws.” The law not having “expressly provided any remedy” for correcting the errors of the board of county commissioners in their adjudications relating to the abatement of taxes, parties aggrieved by…
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