McTwiggan v. Hunter

Matteson, O. J.

This is a hill to enjoin the collection of a tax because, as alleged, its assessment was illegal.

The first ground upon which it is claimed that the assessment was illegal is that the assessors gave no notice of the time and place of their meeting, as required by law. The provisions of the statutes relating to the assessment of taxes, so far as material to the present inquiry, are contained in Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 43, §§ 6, 7, 8, 18, and are as follows :

“Sec. 6. Before assessing any tax, the assessors shall post up printed notices of the time and place of their meeting, in…