Brown v. Marsh
Superior Court of New Hampshire
In Equity. The following case was stated in the bill. On the first day of April, 1846, the orators resided in the town of Henniker, where they still live, and were liable, respectively, to pay their proportion of all the legal taxes assessed in the town since the last day of May, 1846. At a meeting, duly holden on the 2d day of Eeburary, 1887, the town voted to receive from the state their proportion of the surplus revenue, and appointed John Campbell their agent for that…
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In Equity. The following case was stated in the bill. On the first day of April, 1846, the orators resided in the town of Henniker, where they still live, and were liable, respectively, to pay their proportion of all the legal taxes assessed in the town since the last day of May, 1846. At a meeting, duly holden on the 2d day of Eeburary, 1887, the town voted to receive from the state their proportion of the surplus revenue, and appointed John Campbell their agent for that purpose. Campbell was also appointed treasurer, for the purpose of holding so much of the surplus revenue as he might…
1Opinion of the Court
Gilchrist, O. J.*
In accordance with the votes of the town, from March, 1842, to March, 1845, both inclusive, a part of the surplus revenue was applied, in each year, to defray the expenses and pay the debts of the town. The sums thus taken amounted to $4,359.41; and the selectmen, for each year, exhibited to the auditing committee, and through them to the town, an account of receipts and expenditures, which was allowed and approved by the town. In the month of March, 1846, the town voted that the interest on the surplus revenue be divided, annually, among the tax-paying polls, in part payment…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Davis v. Inhabitants of BathSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1840
3Cited by2 opinions
- Brown v. ConcordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1876
- Brown v. ConcordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1876