Taylor v. Township of Avon

In the assessment roll of the year 1887 the supervisor spread an assessment reported to him by the town clerk of the township of Avon, for benefits set opposite the N. part of the E \ of the N. W. \ of section 33, bounded south by Cone’s land, of $49.96. This land was owned by the plaintiff, and he paid the tax to the township treasurer under a written protest against-the legality of the tax, and then brought this action in a plea of trespass on the case to recover it back. The declaration sets out that the supervisor wrongfully and illegally assessed a tax purporting to be a drain or ditch…