Strong v. Walton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Christopher Walton, from a judgment, of the County Court of Franklin county in favor of the plaintiff,, entered in the office of thb clerk of the county of Franklin on the-8th day of May, 1899, reversing a judgment of a justice of the peace in favor of the defendant, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal an order bearing date the 27th day of April, 1899, directing that such judgment be reversed.
1Opinion of the Court
Landon, J.:
The action was to recover five dollars and twenty-five cents, the value of a ton of coal, the property of the plaintiff, which the defendam on March 4, 1898, took and afterwards sold.
The defendant justified by alleging and proving that he was the tax collector of school district No. 1 of Harrietstown and St. Armand,. and levied upon and sold the coal under and by virtue of a warrant for the collection of a school tax of eight "dollars and ninety-two-cents lawfully assessed against the plaintiff and his property in said district, and included in the warrant. The warrant was regular…
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