Darrow v. Langdon
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of debt, brought to the superior court, by Titus H. Darrow, as treasurer of the town of Plymouth, against Edward Langdon, an inhabitant of that town, on the statute against transfers of bank stock with intent to evade the provisions of the tax law. There were three counts in the declaration.
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This was an action of debt, brought to the superior court, by Titus H. Darrow, as treasurer of the town of Plymouth, against Edward Langdon, an inhabitant of that town, on the statute against transfers of bank stock with intent to evade the provisions of the tax law. There were three counts in the declaration. In the second, the plaintiff alleged, that the defendant, previous to the first day of October 1847, and on or about the 25th day of September 1847, fraudulently and unlawfully transferred to Simeon Hart, of the town of Farmington, thirty-five shares of the capital stock of the Hartford…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
There is appended to the record in this case, a statement of facts, together with certain evidence agreed to be taken as part of the statement, for the purpose, it is said, of having the court decide the question of law thereon. It is also agreed, that the court may consider the question, in con-nexion with the questions presented by the demurrer; and at the close of the statement, it appears, that the question submitted is, whether the facts stated constitute the evasive transfer of stock intended by the statute, on which the action is founded. This is irregular in point of form ; and the…
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