Greenbanks v. Boutwell
Supreme Court of Vermont
Replevin, for four bales of flannel. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury, May term, 1869, Windsor county, Barrett, J., presiding.’ The plaintiff proved the taking and value of the property.
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Replevin, for four bales of flannel. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury, May term, 1869, Windsor county, Barrett, J., presiding.’ The plaintiff proved the taking and value of the property. The defense was that said property was taken by the defendant as collector of School District No. 4 in Stockbridge, and the defendant introduced record testimony showing the following facts: April 1st, 1863, the clerk of said school district posted up a warning of a school meeting of that date, to meet at 7 o’clock p. m., April 8th, stating the place, containing the following articles among others : “…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Barrett, J.
In this case the question is as to the legality of a tax assessed by School District No. 4 in Stockbridge. It is claimed in behalf of the plaintiff to be illegal on several distinct grounds ; and as it has been fully and learnedly argued upon all of them, it seems proper, with reference to the particular interests of the parties, and it may be of service to others similarly conditioned, that this court should consider and decide the leading questions that have been made upon the several grounds of objection to the tax.
I. Had District No. 4 a…
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