Henry v. Tilson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass for false imprisonment. Plea, the general issue, with notice that the defendant, as constable of Braintree, arrested the plaintiff and committed him to jail, by virtue of several warrants for the collection of taxes legally assessed against him ; which was the trespass complained of. Trial by jury, June Term, 1845, — Hebard, J., presiding.
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Trespass for false imprisonment. Plea, the general issue, with notice that the defendant, as constable of Braintree, arrested the plaintiff and committed him to jail, by virtue of several warrants for the collection of taxes legally assessed against him ; which was the trespass complained of. Trial by jury, June Term, 1845, — Hebard, J., presiding. On trial the defendant offered in evidence the several warrants described in his special notice, with his returns and the amount of the plaintiff’s taxes endorsed thereon; to the admission of which the plaintiff objected, upon the ground that the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hall, J.
Several objections have been made to the verdict in this case; only one of which has been considered by the court.
It appears from the bill of exceptions, that the defendant (in aid of the certificates of the collector upon the copies of his warrants lodged with the jailor) was permitted to introduce parol evidence, to. prove that before arresting the body of the plaintiff the defendant had given him six days notice of the amount of his tax, and of the time and place when and where he would attend to receive it; and also, that the defendant had…
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