Haskell v. Putnam
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Agreed Statement of Facts. This was a writ of entry. The nature of the claim and grounds of defence, will appear in the arguments of counsel, and in the opinion of the Court. 1. The certificate of the collector was invalid, because it does not state, that no person appeared within nine months to discharge the taxes.
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On Agreed Statement of Facts. This was a writ of entry. The nature of the claim and grounds of defence, will appear in the arguments of counsel, and in the opinion of the Court. 1. The certificate of the collector was invalid, because it does not state, that no person appeared within nine months to discharge the taxes. Laws of .1844, c. 123, § 1. 2. The treasurer’s advertisement is defective- and insufficient, because it does not purport to publish the taxes of only such as were assessed upon land of non-resident owners, who were known, and not of those upon land of non-resident owners…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
The testator of the demandant, on the 18th of September, 1848, in writing, for a valuable consideration, agreed to convey the demanded premises to the tenant, by deed of quitclaim, within two years, provided the tenant should pay or cause to be paid, within that time, a sum of money therein stipulated, and also pay all taxes which might be levied thereon, and an agreed sum annually for rent.
Under this obligation the tenant held and occupied the demanded premises, paying the rent stipulated, and affirming from time to time to the agents of the demandant that he had also paid the taxes. This…
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