Rawson v. Spencer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for the conversion of 18,907 feet of oak and walnut lumber. The defendant justified as collector of taxes for the town of Uxbridge under a collector’s warrant by which be was required to levy and collect, among other sums, “ the sum of twenty thousand nine hundred and ninety-two dollars, it being the appraised value of the property of the several school districts taken by the town and assessed in accordance with the laws of this Commonwealth and the vote of the town at…
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Tort for the conversion of 18,907 feet of oak and walnut lumber. The defendant justified as collector of taxes for the town of Uxbridge under a collector’s warrant by which be was required to levy and collect, among other sums, “ the sum of twenty thousand nine hundred and ninety-two dollars, it being the appraised value of the property of the several school districts taken by the town and assessed in accordance with the laws of this Commonwealth and the vote of the town at said meeting, less such sum as you are hereinafter authorized and required to deduct to certain districts, whose debts…
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
The defendant justifies the seizure and sale of the plaintiff’s property under a tax collector’s warrant issued by the assessors of Uxbridge, which upon its face shows that the tax to be collected is in part made up of the sum assessed in accordance “ with the laws of the Commonwealth and the vote of the town ” to pay the appraised value of the property of the several school-districts taken by the town. The warrant also requires the collector to make allowance to the tax-payers of certain districts named, where the property of the district has been found to exceed the debts.
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