Crawford v. Wilson
New York Supreme Court
This was an action for slander. The cause was tried before Judge Willard, at the Saratoga circuit, in May, 1846. The declaration contained eight counts, three for uttering slanderous words, and five for the publication of a libel.
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This was an action for slander. The cause was tried before Judge Willard, at the Saratoga circuit, in May, 1846. The declaration contained eight counts, three for uttering slanderous words, and five for the publication of a libel. The first count alleged that the plaintiff was a taxable inhabitant of school district No. 5 in the town of Saratoga Springs ; that a special district meeting of the taxable inhabitants of such district was held on or about the first day of January, 1845, &c. which was regularly convened and organized; and that the plaintiff being a taxable inhabitant of the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Paige, J.
By the act relating to common schools, passed May 26, 1841, (1 R. S. 540, 3d ed.) it is provided (sec. 7,) that every male person of full age residing in any district and entitled to hold lands in this state, who owns or hires real property in such district subject to taxation for school purposes, and every resident of such district authorized to vote at town meetings of the town in which such district is situated, and who has paid any rate bill for teacher’s wages in such district, within one year preceding, or who has paid any district taxes within two years…
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