Vial v. Paradis

Plaintiff Yial and 84 others bring their combined actions against Charles M. Paradis, treasurer and ex-officio tax collector of Washington county, and the county and the board of county commissioners thereof. On motion, a number of allegations were stricken from the complaint. A general demurrer to the complaint was sustained, and judgment of dismissal entered. A discussion and decision upon one cause of action will be decisive of all.

Briefly stated, plaintiff Yial alleges his payment, on June 16, 1924, of the last half of his taxes due upon property in the county, with a check drawn upon the…