Converse v. Porter
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Trespass, for taking and carrying away one buggy wagon, one buffalo robe, and other articles of the value of $50, property of the plaintiff, and converting them to the use of the defendants, at Lyme, June 28, 1861. The defendants plead the general Issue, and a special plea as follows : Because, they say, that, on the 25th of September. 1860, there was, in Lyme, So., and still is, a school district legally established,and sometimes known as school districts Nos. 9 .and 16…
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Trespass, for taking and carrying away one buggy wagon, one buffalo robe, and other articles of the value of $50, property of the plaintiff, and converting them to the use of the defendants, at Lyme, June 28, 1861. The defendants plead the general Issue, and a special plea as follows : Because, they say, that, on the 25th of September. 1860, there was, in Lyme, So., and still is, a school district legally established,and sometimes known as school districts Nos. 9 .and 16 united; sometimes as school district No. 9, and sometimes as school districts Nos. 9 and 16 ; and said district was then,…
1Opinion of the CourtBellows, J.
The action is trespass against two of the selectmen of Lyme for taking the property of the plaintiff,. June 28, 1861. Defendants pleaded the general issue and also, a special- plea justifying the taking upon the ground that the property was seized and sold under a warrant for the collection of a- school house tax assessed upon the plaintiff, an inhabitant of a school district in Lyme, known as District No. 9, or District No. 9 and 16, or No. 9 and 16 united, by the defendants as selectmen of said Lyme; that, on the 25th of September, 1860, the district was destitute of a school house suitable…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bank of United States v. DandridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- United States v. VanzandtSupreme Court of the United States · 1826
- Dodge v. PotterNew York Supreme Court · 1854
- Richards v. DaggetMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- McDaniels v. Flower Brook Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1850
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