Crean v. McMahon

STOCKBRIDGE, J.—

I feel constrained to hold the attempted tax rate introduced in evidence in this case, and upon which the title of the defendant rests, void upon two grounds:

1. The character of the notice given. The only evidence to show what this notice was, is that which is contained in the report of the Tax Collector to the Circuit Court, in which he says: “If this bill is not paid within thirty days from delivery, it will be subject to distraint or execution,” and that contained in the exhibits filed with the report in which the notice is couched in terms exactly those mentioned in the…