Smith v. Stannard
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit by trustee process for the collection of taxes assessed against the defendant in the town of Fair Haven on the grand list of the year 1902. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1901, Rutland County, Munson, J., presiding. At the close of all the evidence defendant moved for a directed verdict on the grounds recited in the opinion. Motion denied, to which the defendant excepted. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
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Assumpsit by trustee process for the collection of taxes assessed against the defendant in the town of Fair Haven on the grand list of the year 1902. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1901, Rutland County, Munson, J., presiding. At the close of all the evidence defendant moved for a directed verdict on the grounds recited in the opinion. Motion denied, to which the defendant excepted. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that Heman Stannard, a brother of the defendant, deceased June 16, 1901; that…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
At the close of the evidence the defendant moved that a. verdict be directed in her favor on the grounds that (1) there is no evidence on the part of the plaintiff tending to show such an appraisal of the defendant’s taxable property as the law requires; (2) there is no evidence tending to show notice to the defendant that the listers in reference to her list have taken the steps which the law requires; (3) there is no evidence that a notice to the defendant, she having removed from Pair Haven and not being there, was given to her by the treasurer of the town within the time required by law,…
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