Gallatin County v. Beattie

The complaint in this action charges that certain mortgages valued at $1,900 were in the said couuty of Gal-latin, Montana Territory, and were properly levied upon and assessed by the assessor of said county. The defendant in his answer denies that the said property is or ever was in Gal-latin county, and alleges that the said assessor made up his assessment list, so far as this property is concerned, from the records of the county recorder of said Gallatin county, and avers that he never gave in said property to be listed for taxation, to said assessor. The replication to defendant’s answer…