People v. Hagadorn
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendants, entered upon the trial of this action by the court without a jury. The action was brought to recover damages for the wrongful talcing of logs from a lot in the town of Stratford, Fulton county, which the plaintiff claimed to own. The plaintiff claimed title under a deed from the comptroller of the State, given at a sale of the land for certain unpaid taxes more particularly specified in the following opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendants, entered upon the trial of this action by the court without a jury. The action was brought to recover damages for the wrongful talcing of logs from a lot in the town of Stratford, Fulton county, which the plaintiff claimed to own. The plaintiff claimed title under a deed from the comptroller of the State, given at a sale of the land for certain unpaid taxes more particularly specified in the following opinion. Neither the warrants or the assessment-rolls to which they were attached contained any statement as the rate or per centage of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Learned, P. J.:
The plaintiff’s title rests upon the comptroller’s deed. This was in proper form and was in pursuance of a sale made in 1877 for taxes in the years from 1866 to 1870. The defendants claim to have shown a defect in the levy of the taxes for the years 1868, 1869 and 1870. During tiiose years one Bliss was supervisor of the town where the lands were situated. In each of those years, •after the board of supervisors had fixed the total equalized valuation of the town, and had determined the tax to be raised therein, and had signed, sealed and delivered to the supervisor of the town…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bellinger v. . GrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Bradley v. . WardNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Colman v. . ShattuckNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Tallmadge v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Supreme Court · 1856