Crittenden v. Robertson
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Calhoun' Circuit. This was an action of trover for the conversion of a horse. The declaration was in the usual form. The plea was the general issue with notice of justification under a tax warrant. The. ease was tried by a jury who returned a special verdict, upon which the Court rendered a judgment for the defendant in error, who was the plaintiff below.
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Error to Calhoun' Circuit. This was an action of trover for the conversion of a horse. The declaration was in the usual form. The plea was the general issue with notice of justification under a tax warrant. The. ease was tried by a jury who returned a special verdict, upon which the Court rendered a judgment for the defendant in error, who was the plaintiff below. The facts found by the special verdict, so far as they are necessary to be stated, are as follows: On or about the 12th day of December, 1862, several electors of the township of Albion, and more than twelve in number, petitioned…
1Opinion of the Court
Christiancy J.:
The only question raised in this case upon the special,. *61verdict, is whether the facts found bring the tax in question, and. for non-payment of which the horse was seized, within the provisions of the first section of “An Act to' legalize the action of Townships, Cities and Counties, in, raising bounties for volunteers,” approved March 7, 1863. Session Laws of 1863, pages 92 to 95.
The validity of the act is not questioned. But 'it is insisted by the counsel for the defendant in error that the only taxes intended to be legalized by the first section are those which have been…
2Cited by1 opinion
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