Inhabitants of Sandy River Plantation v. Lewis
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendant. This is an action of debt, to recover taxes assessed against the property of the defendants in the year 1910, by the assessors of Sandy River Plantation, in which assessment is included the Forestry District tax for that year.
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On exceptions by defendant. This is an action of debt, to recover taxes assessed against the property of the defendants in the year 1910, by the assessors of Sandy River Plantation, in which assessment is included the Forestry District tax for that year. Plea, general issue with brief statement, namely: 1. That said assessors were not legally elected or legally qualified as such. 2. Said tax is illegal in whole or in part. 3. Said assessors had no legal right or lawful authority to assess said tax and commit the same prior to the first day of July, 1910. 4. Said assessors have included in…
1Opinion of the CourtHaeEy, J.
This is an action of debt, to recover taxes assessed against the property of the defendants in the year 1910 by the assessors of Sandy River Plantation, in which assessment is *474included the Forestry District tax for that year. At the close of the testimony the presiding Justice directed a verdict for the plaintiff, for the amount of the tax sued for, and interest thereon from the date of demand, May 30, 1910, and the defendants bring the case to this court upon exceptions to the directing of the verdict as. .aforesaid.
In considering the exceptions it should ’be remembered that this is an…
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