Mogg v. Hall

Plaintiff sued defendant in trover in justice’s court for the conversion of a cow, in January, 1889. Defendant, who is the treasurer of the township of Duplain, Clinton county, seized and sold the cow to satisfy a drain tax of $16.88 upon the tax roll of that township for the year 1888, and reassessed from the year 1884. The case went to the circuit court of Clinton county, where the circuit judge directed a verdict for defendant.

The defendant does not attempt to defend the legality of the tax, but claims that the tax roll was fair upon its face, and, therefore, a complete defense in this…