State v. Smith
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This was a certiorari in a tax ease, and was argued before Justices Haines and Elmer, by G. A. Allen, for the prosecutor, and M. Beasley, for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Elmer, J.
The prosecutor of this certiorari complains that he has been illegally assessed, in addition to the sums authorized by law, for his share of a sum voted by special town meeting, illegally convened, to be paid as bounty for volunteers, and for a sum assessed for losses and incidentals. Had .he shown, by competent evidence, that his complaint is well founded, he would be entitled to relief, it being very certain that the town meeting, even if properly convened, had no legal authority to raise money for either of those purposes. *450But there is no…
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