Mead v. Gale
New York Supreme Court
On error from,the supreme court. The action in the court below was trover for the conversion of a horse, brought by Gale against the plaintiffs in error. The plaintiff in that court having recovered, the defendants brought error .here. The reasons of the judges of the court below for their judgment are reported in 4 Hill, 109, where the facts of the case are also stated; and they are ¡briefly recapitulated in the opinion of Porter, Senator.
1Opinion of the Court
Porter, Senator.
Gale sued Mead and others in trover for a'horse. The -defendants were trustees of a school district in Clarkson, and as such issued the warrant upon which the horse of Gale was-taken. The legality of that seizure is the point in controversy. On the 7th October, 1839, at a-regular school district meeting, a tax of $300 was voted, for the purpose , of building-a school house. In -pursuance of ¡that vote an assessment was made upon the taxable inhabitants of that district, to raise that sum, dated November 1,1839. The amount of the tax directed to be collected -from.Gale, was…
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