Coggeshall v. Hennessey

This is a taxpayer’s action to have the levying of a tax covering certain items in the budget of the town of Mount Pleasant declared to be illegal, to restrain the collection of specified taxes, to restrain the enforcement of taxes relating to the budget items against property in the Hardscrabble Water District, and to restrain the paying out of funds of the town to liquidate specified items in the budget.

It will suffice to state our conclusions somewhat summarily.(1) The item respecting village justices was conceded on the trial to be illegal, and the decretal provision respecting it should…