Ayers v. Moulton
Supreme Court of Vermont
General Assumpsit. Plea, general issue, and trial by the court, December Term, 1877, Windsor County, Barrett, J., presiding.
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General Assumpsit. Plea, general issue, and trial by the court, December Term, 1877, Windsor County, Barrett, J., presiding. The plaintiff sought to recover, with interest, the sum of $217 that the plaintiff, as surviving executor of the will of Jonas Lam-son, deceased, paid under protest to defendant as collector of taxes for the town of West Windsor, in payment of a town tax of $163, a state tax of $24.41, and a state school tax of $7.32, assessed against the estate of said Lamson on the grand list of 1874, and in payment also of $22.27 costs thereon. The town tax in question, which was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, J.
This suit is brought to recover back the amount of certain taxes that were paid under protest by the plaintiff to the defendant as the collector of taxes for the town of West Windsor, and that were assessed against the estate of Jonas Lamson on the grand list of 1874. The town tax, amounting to $163, was assessed on the list that the listers were required by law to complete and lodge in the town clerk’s office on or before the 15th of May. It appears that the listers did not subscribe an official oath, and were not sworn in, as required by the…
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