Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Green
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for $1,105.88 paid by the plaintiff for taxes for which the defendant was liable, with four counts as described in the opinion. Writ dated December 1, 1902. The defendant demurred. The Superior Court sustained the demurrer, and gave judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed. The case was submitted on briefs at the sitting of the court in September, 1903, and afterwards was submitted on briefs to all the justices except Knowlton, C. J.
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
In this case both the plaintiff and the defendant owned land in the northeast one fourth of section 13, Township 37, north, Range 13, in Cook County, Illinois. The plaintiff received a bill for taxes on a lot in said northeast one fourth, which it paid, supposing it was for a tax on its land. It turned out subsequently that it was for a tax on the defendant’s land; and thereupon this action was brought to recover the amount of the tax from the defendant. The declaration contained four counts. The first was a count on an account annexed; the second stated the facts and concluded with a…
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