Bartlett v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Vermont
ActioN of assumpsit commenced by trustee process under section 407 of the Revised Laws by the plaintiff as collector of taxes for the town of Brownington. The plaintiff’s writ was dated February 24, 1883, and served on the 27th day of February, 1883. The plaintiff claimed to recover a town tax of $71.35, assessed on the grand list of the defendant in the town of Brownington for the year 1882. Plea, general issue. Trial by jury, February Term, 1888, Powers, J., presiding.
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ActioN of assumpsit commenced by trustee process under section 407 of the Revised Laws by the plaintiff as collector of taxes for the town of Brownington. The plaintiff’s writ was dated February 24, 1883, and served on the 27th day of February, 1883. The plaintiff claimed to recover a town tax of $71.35, assessed on the grand list of the defendant in the town of Brownington for the year 1882. Plea, general issue. Trial by jury, February Term, 1888, Powers, J., presiding. General verdict for the plaintiff to recover $71.35 and his costs, and a special verdict finding that the defendant had not…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Taft, J.
I. For a failure by the defendant, in the spring of 1882, to return an inventory of his taxable property satisfactory to the listers, the latter assessed him for money and debts, took his real estate at the appraisal thereof in the preceding year, and made his grand list by doubling both items. The defendant claims that the list was illegal because of the doubling of the real estate appraisal. No question was made upon trial as to the proceedings of the listers save the doubling of the appraised value of the real estate. R. L., sec. 326,…
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