Fenlason v. Shedd
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by the plaintiff. This is an action of trespass in which the plaintiff alleges that he was illegally arrested and imprisoned upon a tax illegally assessed. The conceded facts show that the defendant, Shedd, tax collector of the town of Mattawamkeag, arrested the plaintiff for refusal to pay the tax assessed against him in 1908 by the other defendants, Webster, Wyman and Applebee, purporting to be the legally qualified assessors for that year.
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On exceptions by the plaintiff. This is an action of trespass in which the plaintiff alleges that he was illegally arrested and imprisoned upon a tax illegally assessed. The conceded facts show that the defendant, Shedd, tax collector of the town of Mattawamkeag, arrested the plaintiff for refusal to pay the tax assessed against him in 1908 by the other defendants, Webster, Wyman and Applebee, purporting to be the legally qualified assessors for that year. Plea, the general issue with brief statement justifying his acts. On motion and exceptions. Motion waived. Exceptions sustained. Case is…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This is an action of trespass in which the plaintiff alleges that he was illegally arrested and imprisoned upon a tax illegally assessed. The conceded facts show that the defendant, Shedd, tax collector of the town of Mattawamkeag, arrested the plaintiff for refusal to pay the tax assessed against him in 1908 by the defendants, Webster, Wyman and Applebee, purporting to be the legally qualified assessors for that year. The case comes up on fifteen exceptions of the plaintiff, only one of which,, inasmuch, as it is decisive of the case, need be considered. The plaintiff contends that his…
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