Legal Opinion

Norris v. Jones

New York Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1894Published

Appeal by the plaintiff, Thomas R. Norris, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Yates on the 27th day of December, 1893, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Yates Circuit before the court and a jury dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits.

1Opinion of the Court

*307The opinion at the Circuit was as follows:

Davy, J.:

It appears from the undisputed evidence taken upon the trial in this action that the defendant Herbert A. Jones was duly elected trustee of school district No. 2, in the town of Milo, in the county of Yates, for the year 1893; that on the second day of March of that year he made out an annual tax list for said school district, and attached thereto his warrant for the collection of the school district taxes, and delivered the tax list and warrant to the defendant Josephine E. Jones, who was duly appointed collector for the school district.…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Talcott v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  2. Weaver v. DevendorfNew York Supreme Court · 1846
  3. National Bank of Chemung v. City of ElmiraNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  4. Heywood v. . the City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
  5. Susquehanna Bank v. . Supervisors of Broome CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862

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