Wall v. Trumbull
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Jackson Circuit. This was an action of trespass brought by plaintiff in error against defendant in error, for issuing his warrant as supervisor to collect a certain alleged illegal tax, and by which the property of plaintiff in error was sold. The defendant below pleaded the general issue, and gave notice that he did the act as supervisor. Judgment was rendered in his favor.
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley J.
The defendant is sued in trespass for spreading upon the tax-roll of the township of Sandstone, of which he was the supervisor for 1865, the amount of certain allowances by the township board, for moneys advanced by individuals to pay war bounties, for the collection of the plaintiff’s proportion of which, certain of his, personal property was seized.
The following facts appear in the case: On February 4, 1865, an adjourned township meeting was held, at which a committee was appointed to act in filling the quota of the township under the then recent call of the President for 300,000…
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