Lindsay v. Town of Brattleboro
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery. Bill to enjoin the collection of certain tax assessments. Demurrer of defendants to plaintiff’s bills overruled pro forma, bill adjudged sufficient and taken as confessed, and decree rendered for the plaintiff, in vacation, after the September Term, 1922, Windham County, Chase, Chancellor, presiding. The defendant appealed.
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Appeal in Chancery. Bill to enjoin the collection of certain tax assessments. Demurrer of defendants to plaintiff’s bills overruled pro forma, bill adjudged sufficient and taken as confessed, and decree rendered for the plaintiff, in vacation, after the September Term, 1922, Windham County, Chase, Chancellor, presiding. The defendant appealed. The disposition of the case below and the appeal were in accordance with a stipulation of the parties, which adjusted the taxes set forth in the bill on the basis of an equal division. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, C. J.
The plaintiff, a resident of the state of New Hampshire, brings this bill in chancery, praying for an injunction, restraining the collection of. alleged unlawful taxes assessed by the defendant municipalities upon five hundred shares, owned by her, of the Peoples National Bank, an association organized under the National Banking Act and located at Brattleboro. A temporary injunction was granted. The case was heard on demurrer to the bill. The demurrer was overruled pro forma, bill adjudged sufficient and taken as confessed, decree rendered for the plaintiff that the taxes set forth in the…
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