In the Matter of Phillips

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The hearing and trial before the Supreme Court upon the petition of the appellant was evidently very informal, and neither party taking technical objections, the proof partook of the laxity that pervaded the entire procedure. The petitioner made a prima facie case for vacating the assessment, and meeting neither objections to the regularity or sufficiency of his proof or conflicting evidence, was content to submit his claim to relief without that full technical…