McTwiggan v. Hunter
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in Equity to enjoin the collection of a town tax. On demurrer. The complainants as taxpayers of the town of East Providence, sue in behalf of themselves and all others who have a common interest in the subject matter and event of the suit.
1Opinion of the Court
Matteson, O. J.
This is a bill to enjoin the collection of a tax. It alleges that the assessors gave no notice of the time and place of their meeting to make the assessment by posting notices in three public places in the town for three weeks next preceding the time of meeting and by advertising the same in some public newspaper published in the town for the same space of time, but that, on the contrary, the assessors before assessing the tax wholly failed to give such notice of the time and place of their meeting. This is an allegation that the assessors did not comply with the requirement of…
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