Meacham v. Town of Newport
Supreme Court of Vermont
General Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1897, Orleans County, Rowell, J., presiding. Verdict ordered and judgment thereon rendered for the plaintiff. Both parties excepted.
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General Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1897, Orleans County, Rowell, J., presiding. Verdict ordered and judgment thereon rendered for the plaintiff. Both parties excepted. The plaintiff sought to recover money which he paid the collector of the defendant for taxes assessed on the list of 1895. It appeared that the listers of the defendant made a quadrennial appraisal of real estate in 1894, in which certain real estate belonging to the plaintiff was appraised, and made an annual grand list in 1895, in which the plaintiff was assessed for personal…
1Opinion of the Court
Ross, C. J.(1) This is an action of general assumpsit to recover money which the plaintiff paid the collector of the defendant for taxes assessed on the list of 1895. His right depends upon whether his grand list as made up for that year was valid or invalid. He was taxed for both real and personal property and his poll. No irregularity in making up his list that year, so far as relates to his poll and personal property, is claimed. It is contended that the quadrennial appraisal of his real estate, made in 1894, which was carried into, and became a part of, his grand list of 1895, was…
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