Keene v. Cheshire County
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Transferred upon the defendants’ demurrers by Marble, J., without a ruling from the April term, 1918, of the superior court.
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
“An apportionment of public taxes according to the valuations of the polls and ratable estates in the several towns shall be made by the legislature at its January session eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and in every fourth year thereafter.” P. S., c. 14, s. 1. This statute binding merely as a declaration of policy was followed by apportionment acts: in 1903, Laws 1903, c. 108; 1907, Laws 1907, c. 2; 1911, Laws 1911,c. 41; 1913, Laws 1913,c. 100. By the act of 1903 Cheshire county was called upon for $73.84 of each $1000 of the state tax. Of this $27.07 was required of the city of Keene. By…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Larkin v. PortsmouthSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1879
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