Bull v. Griffith
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass for two sleighs. Plea, the general issue, with a notice of special defense under tire statute. The case was referred, and the referee reported that the defendant took and sold the sleighs in question, as collector of school district No. 1, in Mount Tabor, by virtue of a warrant for the collection of a tax laid by that district against the defendant.
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Trespass for two sleighs. Plea, the general issue, with a notice of special defense under tire statute. The case was referred, and the referee reported that the defendant took and sold the sleighs in question, as collector of school district No. 1, in Mount Tabor, by virtue of a warrant for the collection of a tax laid by that district against the defendant. The defendant introduced the parol testimony of the clerk oí the district, who testified that the said school district had been considered as a district, for a period of forty years, but that he had not personally examined, to ascertain…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Addis, J.
This is an action of trespass against the collector of *275a school district, for taking and selling the property of the plaintiff, upon a rate bill and warrant, issued for the collection of a school district tax in district No. 1, in Mount Tabor. The facts come before us upon the report of a referee.
The first objection is, that there was no legal proof of the existence of the district. The testimony as reported is “ that district No. 1, in Mount Tabor, had been considered as a district, for a period of forty years.
The admissibility of parol…
2Cited by1 opinion
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