McGregor v. Montgomery
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Jefferson county. ■ Oct. 20. This was an action of trespass against a collector of taxes for selling the propérty of defendant under a warrant. The plaintiff proved the seizure of a horse and saddle, four or six miles from his residence, by defendant claiming under a warrant against Robinson, and a sale at the house of the collector after advertisement.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Jefferson county. ■ Oct. 20. This was an action of trespass against a collector of taxes for selling the propérty of defendant under a warrant. The plaintiff proved the seizure of a horse and saddle, four or six miles from his residence, by defendant claiming under a warrant against Robinson, and a sale at the house of the collector after advertisement. The defendant gave in evidence the duplicate of the assessment" of Robinson’s property, for 1843, consisting of a tract of land with a saw’ and grist-mill, and five other' tracts, together with one .mare and a…
1Opinion of the CourtCoulter, J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff in error, who was plaintiff below, against the defendant, who was a collector of taxes, for. selling the plaintiff’s property.
The defendant offered his warrant as collector of Porter township, and the collector’s duplicate of said township, in evidence, to which the counsel for the plaintiff excepted; the court overruled the exception, and sealed a bill of exceptions. The papers were admitted to be genuine, and properly authenticated.
There is nothing whatever in the exception. The taxes for which the defendant’s property was sold were assessed in the…