Legal Opinion

City of Montpelier v. Central Vermont Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided May 10, 1915PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Action under P. S. 644-646, as amended by No. 52, Acts 1910, for the collection of delinquent taxes. Plea, the general issue with notice. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1913, Washington County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The -defendant' excepted. The opinion fully states the ease.

1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.

This is an action under §§644, 645, 646, of the Public Statutes as amended by No.' 52 of the Acts of 1910. It is brought to collect, in the manner therein provided, taxes assessed in 1911 on three pieces of railroad property separately set in the grand list, and collector’s fees. One piece is set in as about three-eighths of an acre of land leased to B. Blair, R. C. Bowers, and E. W. Bailey & Co., another piece is called the Langdon meadow, and is set in the list as 18 acres of land with buildings on Winooski Avenue. The third piece is called the Nicholas meadow and is described in the list…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Grand Trunk Railroad v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Covington Stock-Yards Co. v. KeithSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Osgood v. Central Vermont Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1905
  4. Willard v. PikeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1886
  5. Scott v. St. Johnsbury AcademySupreme Court of Vermont · 1912

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Town of Brattleboro v. Carpenter Tr.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1932
  2. Town of Bristol v. Bristol RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1917
  3. Addison County Community Action v. City of VergennesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1989
  4. Oregon Short Line R. v. Ada CountyDistrict Court, D. Idaho · 1937
  5. Town of Williamstown v. Williamstown Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1929

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