West School District v. Merrills
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was an action of indebitatus assumpsit, brought originally, by Isaac Merrills, against The West School District in the School Society of Canton, before Loin Hum-phreys, Esq. a justice of the peace.
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IN ERROR. This was an action of indebitatus assumpsit, brought originally, by Isaac Merrills, against The West School District in the School Society of Canton, before Loin Hum-phreys, Esq. a justice of the peace. On the trial, the plaintiff claimed to recover from the defendants a sum of money, which he had paid, as a tax, laid upon the following vote: “ At a meeting of the inhabitants of The West SShool District, legally warned and held, December 13th, 1832. Voted, that we will and do hereby raise a tax of five cents and five mills on the dollar; said tax to be made out on the assessment…
1Opinion of the CourtHuntington, J.
It is quite clear, that the judgment of the justice must be reversed, for some of the causes of error assigned ; and a mere reference to them would be sufficient to justify us in the advice which we shall give to the superior court, that in this record there is manifest error. One question, however, raised by the defendant, and on which alone he relies to sustain the judgment, has been argued before us, which is supposed to be of some practical importance, and which we are asked to decide, to prevent further litigation in this and other similar cases. We have, therefore, deemed it proper to…
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