Byles v. Township of Golden

Plaintiff sues the township to recover the amount received by its treasurer on a sale of his property to satisfy a tax assessed against him, and for which he insists he was not liable. He was. not a resident of the township, but had property within it, for which, under certain ■circumstances, he might be there taxable. The circuit judge in submitting the case to the jury told them there was no evidence tending to show that the plaintiff was liable to taxation in the township. Nevertheless he seems to have submitted the question of his liability to them as one ■of fact, and they found for the…