Dillaby v. Wilcox
Supreme Court of Connecticut
ACTION upon a parol promise of the defendant to pay-certain taxes due from a third person, on the promise of the plaintiff, a tax collector, to forbear to levy on certain property upon which the defendant as administratrix held a mortgage ; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New London County, and tried to the court before Grump, J. ¡Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSeymouk, J.
The plaintiff in this ease was collector of taxes for the town, city and central school district of Norwich, and had in his hands warrants for the collection of taxes assessed in favor of each of them upon property of one Gordon Wilcox. The defendant and her mother were the administrators of the estate of William Wilcox, deceased, and, as such, held a mortgage on certain personal property of Gordon Wilcox, consisting of printing presses and material in the possession of and used by him in Norwich..
The plaintiff was unable to procure payment of the taxes from Gordon Wilcox, and applied to the…
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