Whittelsey v. Town of Clinton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of assumpsit for money had andreceiv-ed¿ The defendants pleaded the general issue, which was closed to the court. The cause was tried at Middletown, February term, 1840, before Sherman, J., who found the following facts. The plaintiff is an inhabitant of the town of Clinton, and liable to taxation therein.
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This was an action of assumpsit for money had andreceiv-ed¿ The defendants pleaded the general issue, which was closed to the court. The cause was tried at Middletown, February term, 1840, before Sherman, J., who found the following facts. The plaintiff is an inhabitant of the town of Clinton, and liable to taxation therein. In the month of October, 1837, on or before the 20th, he presented to the assessors of that town, (a) a list purporting to be a list of all his property which was liable to taxation, bui did not include therein any money at interest. The assessors, within the time…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
Several questions have been discussed, in this case, which we do not think it necessary to decide. We believe the plaintiff is entitled to recover, for the following reasons.
1. It appears that the assessors made an addition to the plaintiff’s list of 600 dollars of money at interest; but whether the plaintiff appealed from this, and whether the subsequent proceedings of the board of relief were upon the plaintifFs appeal, does not appear. The statute entitled “An act for the assessment of taxes,” sec. 1. enacts, that “the board of relief may increase or reduce the list of any person ; but…
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