Hadley v. Chamberlin
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass de bonis asportatis. Plea, — Not guilty, and notice that the defendants justified the taking as a distress for taxes due from the plaintiff as a rateable'inhabitant of school district No. 5, in Waterford, one of the defendants being collector of said district, and the other acting as his assistant. The case was tried in the county court by a jury, and under the direction of that court, the jury returned a verdict for the defendants.
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Trespass de bonis asportatis. Plea, — Not guilty, and notice that the defendants justified the taking as a distress for taxes due from the plaintiff as a rateable'inhabitant of school district No. 5, in Waterford, one of the defendants being collector of said district, and the other acting as his assistant. The case was tried in the county court by a jury, and under the direction of that court, the jury returned a verdict for the defendants. The only questions decided by this court arose upon the following evidence, and the decision of the county court thereon. The defendant offered the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, C. J.
The defendant justifies the taking for which the action was brought, as collector of school district No. 5, in Waterford, by virtue of a warrant and rate bill. Several questions have been made in the case, and, indeed, cases of this nature are usually prolific of litigated and curious questions at least. The first point presented, is, whether the defendant, Chamberlin, was collector.
It appears, that, when the records of the district were first produed to show this appointment, and they were insufficient for that purpose, the defendant,…
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