Grout v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass. Plea, the general issue with notice of justification as tax collector of the town of Somerset. Upon an agreed statement of facts the Windham County Court, at its March Term, 1901, Start, J., presiding, rendered judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
Trespass for taking certain personal property which was distrained and sold by the defendant, as collector of taxes of the town of Somerset, to enforce the collection of certain taxes assessed against the plaintiff in that town in the year 1899, the legality of which assessment he denied. The agreed statement of facts presents two questions: 1st, in respect to the validity of the quadrennial appraisal of 1898, and *2692nd, as to the legality of the grand list of the year 1899 into which that appraisal was carried.
I. V. S. 387, required that quadrennial appraisals should be returned to the town…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Willard v. PikeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1886
- Thames Manufacturing Co. v. LathropSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1829
- Bellows v. WeeksSupreme Court of Vermont · 1869
- Smith v. HardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1886
- Meacham v. Town of NewportSupreme Court of Vermont · 1898
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