Blake v. Sturtevant
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Trespass, against the selectmen of Keene, for taking the plaintiff’s oxen, and causing them to be sold for payment of taxes, which the plaintiff alleged were illegally assessed against him. Plea, the general issue, with a justification, that the defendants were selectmen, and caused the oxen to be sold for payment of taxes, lawfully assessed against the plaintiff.
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Trespass, against the selectmen of Keene, for taking the plaintiff’s oxen, and causing them to be sold for payment of taxes, which the plaintiff alleged were illegally assessed against him. Plea, the general issue, with a justification, that the defendants were selectmen, and caused the oxen to be sold for payment of taxes, lawfully assessed against the plaintiff. The plaintiff resided in district No. 12, in Keene, and this tax, of $60-09, was assessed and appropriated for the purpose of building a school-house in that district. It appeared that the inhabitants of the district, at a meeting…
1Opinion of the CourtUpham, J.
Our statutes provide that each town shall annually raise a given sum, in proportion to their amount of public taxes, to be expended in support of schools, for common education and instruction.
In order to carry this provision into effect, each town is required to divide its territory into school districts, which have certain corporate powers and rights, and which are subjected to the discharge of various duties, to promote this object.
Each school district is empowered, at any meeting duly called for the purpose, to raise money for erecting, repairing, or purchasing a school-house ; may locate…
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