Herriman v. Stowers
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Reported by Hathway, J. This is an action of trespass against the defendants as assessors of the town of Prospect. The assessors were Ieg’ally chosen, and made their assessment in due form. The plaintiff was arrested, and paid the tax, under protest, to relieve himself from imprisonment.
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Reported by Hathway, J. This is an action of trespass against the defendants as assessors of the town of Prospect. The assessors were Ieg’ally chosen, and made their assessment in due form. The plaintiff was arrested, and paid the tax, under protest, to relieve himself from imprisonment. The presiding judge, being of opinion that the statute was a sufficient protection to the defendants, and that upon the evidence the action could not be maintained, directed the jury to find tlieir verdict for the defendants, and to find specially whether on the first day of May, 1852, the year for which the…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
Sec. 56 of chap. 14, R. S., provides, that the assessors of towns, plantations, parishes and religious societies shall not be made responsible for the assessment of any tax which they are by law required to assess; but the liability shall rest solely with said corporations; and the assessors shall be responsible only for their own personal faithfulness and integrity. By the act of amendment, these provisions are extended so as to include school districts.
It is admitted that the defendants were legal assessors, and that the tax against the plaintiff was legally assessed.
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