Inhabitants of Greenville v. Blair
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendant. Action of debt to recover certain taxes assessed in 1905 against the defendant as an inhabitant of the plaintiff town. Plea, the general issue and also a brief statement as follows : "And for brief statement, defendant further says no tax was ever legally assessed by the assessors of the town of Greenville for the year 1905 against said Lyman Blair.
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On exceptions by defendant. Action of debt to recover certain taxes assessed in 1905 against the defendant as an inhabitant of the plaintiff town. Plea, the general issue and also a brief statement as follows : "And for brief statement, defendant further says no tax was ever legally assessed by the assessors of the town of Greenville for the year 1905 against said Lyman Blair. The defendant did not have three thousand dollars at interest for which he was liable to be assessed in the town of Greenville, as of the first day of April 1905.” Tried at the September term, 1907, Supreme Judicial…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, C. J.
This is an action of debt to recover the State, county and town tax of 1905 alleged to have been duly assessed against the defendant as an inhabitant of the plaintiff town. The presiding Justice excluded some evidence offered by the defense and admitted some evidence against the defendant’s objection. After the evidence was all in the presiding Justice directed a verdict for the plaintiff. To this ruling and some rulings on the evidence the defendant excepted.
This not being a case where the defendant’s person or property is levied upon by direct warrant from the assessors, but being, instead,…
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