In re Hackett
Supreme Court of Vermont
The town treasurer of Hartland made his complaint and prayed for an extent on the 3d day of August, 1880; and the justice issued notice to the collector on the same day to appear before him on the 11th day of August.
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The town treasurer of Hartland made his complaint and prayed for an extent on the 3d day of August, 1880; and the justice issued notice to the collector on the same day to appear before him on the 11th day of August. But the extent, giving this part of the proceedings, was as follows: “ the said treasurer did on the eleventh day of August, A. D. 1880, present his petition in writing to Thales B. Winn of Windsor, one of the justices of the peace within and for the county,” &c. As to this, the relator complained as follows: By said extent, a copy of which is hereto annexed, the said justice…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
The office and duty of the court on this writ of habeas corpus is to inquire into the legality of the commitment and detention of the relator in the common jail at Woodstock. From the return of the jailor thereon it appears that he was committed and is there detained on an extent issued by a justice of the peace on a judgment rendered by him against the relator, adjudging the relator to be in default, as collector of the taxes for the town of Hartland. The proceedings before the justice are in accordance with the provisions of the statute and…
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