Meacham v. Town of Newport
Supreme Court of Vermont
General Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1896, Orleans County, Ross, C. J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs case both parties rested. No question was made as to the truth of the evidence.
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General Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1896, Orleans County, Ross, C. J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs case both parties rested. No question was made as to the truth of the evidence. The defendant moved for a verdict, but the motion was overruled and a verdict ordered for the plaintiff for the amount paid by Lindsay, the constable, to the defendant’s treasurer.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
The action is general assumpsit. At the conclusion of the evidence, the defendant moved the court to order a verdict for the defendant. The court overruled this motion, ordered a verdict for the plaintiff, rendered judgment thereon, and the defendant excepted.
The plaintiff’s counsel claims that the evidence tended to show that Howard Lindsay was the defendant’s collector of taxes; that he had a tax-warrant for the collection of taxes assessed by the-defendant against the plaintiff; that Lindsay arrested and committed to jail the plaintiff on such warrant; and that the plaintiff paid such…
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