Legal Opinion
Furbush v. Connolly
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 11, 1945PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This is an action of tort against a deputy tax collector of Woburn for false arrest and imprisonment. *512At the close of the evidence the judge directed a verdict for the defendant. The case is here on the plaintiff’s exception to that direction.
The evidence most favorable to the plaintiff was as follows: On May 13, 1944, the defendant told the plaintiff that according to the records of the tax collector of Woburn • the plaintiff still owed the poll taxes of 1938, 1939 and 1940. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 59, §§ 1, 9,' 10, as amended. On May 15, 1944, the plaintiff was told by the tax collector…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Cincevich v. PatronskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by12 opinions
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