Tucker v. Aiken
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Case. The first count alleged, in substance, that on the 30th April, 1831, the defendants, being selectmen of the town of Derry, called upon the plaintiff, an inhabitant of that town, for an invoice of his taxable property ; that the plaintiff gave them an invoice of his taxable property, including among other things $2000 in bank stock ; that the defendants accepted the invoice, and did not recpiire the plaintiff to make oath to the truth of it; that on the first of April…
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Case. The first count alleged, in substance, that on the 30th April, 1831, the defendants, being selectmen of the town of Derry, called upon the plaintiff, an inhabitant of that town, for an invoice of his taxable property ; that the plaintiff gave them an invoice of his taxable property, including among other things $2000 in bank stock ; that the defendants accepted the invoice, and did not recpiire the plaintiff to make oath to the truth of it; that on the first of April in that year the plaintiff had no more than $2000 in bank stock ; that the defendants, afterwards, without the knowledge…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The statute of July 7, 1827, provides “ that “ the inhabitants of the several towns in this State shall “ annually exhibit to the selectmen a just and true account “ of their polls and estates rateable by law. And the select- “ men shall give warning at some public meeting, or post “ up advertisements at some public place or places in their “town, or in some other way give notice to the inhabitants “ of the time and place in the town when and where they “ will meet to receive such account; or the selectmen may “ make personal application to the respective inhabitants of “ the town for an…
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