McCann v. Inhabitants of Minot
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by plaintiffs. Action for money had and received to recover back the sum of $40.60 paid under protest to the tax collector of the defendant town for a nonresident tax assessed upon the personal property of the plaintiffs for the year 1909. Plea, the general issue. Heard by the presiding Justice, without a jury, who ordered judgment for the defendant town, and the plaintiffs excepted. The case is stated in the opinion. Note.
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On exceptions by plaintiffs. Action for money had and received to recover back the sum of $40.60 paid under protest to the tax collector of the defendant town for a nonresident tax assessed upon the personal property of the plaintiffs for the year 1909. Plea, the general issue. Heard by the presiding Justice, without a jury, who ordered judgment for the defendant town, and the plaintiffs excepted. The case is stated in the opinion. Note. Revised Statutes, chapter 9, section 13, paragraph I, as amended by chapter 4, Public Laws, 1909, was further' amended by chapter 140, Public Laws, 1911, so…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
Two of the plaintiffs reside in Mechanic Falls and one in Casco, in this State. On April 1, 1909, they owned a certain quantity of pine and hemlock boards and plank which were "stuck up” in a field hired by them for that purpose, within the limits of the defendant town, Minot. The assessors of Minot assessed the lumber to the plaintiffs. The tax was subsequently paid under protest, and this suit has been brought to recover it back. The case was heard below by the presiding Justice, without a jury. He ordered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiffs excepted. The only question is whether…
2Cited by1 opinion
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