Strong v. Walton
New York County Courts
Appeal from justice’s Court. Action to recover a quantity.of coal levied upon and. sold by the collector of taxes of Union Free School District No. 1, town- of Harrietstown, for the nonpayment of a school tax ¿ssessed against real estate belonging to the 'plaintiff’s wife.
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Appeal from justice’s Court. Action to recover a quantity.of coal levied upon and. sold by the collector of taxes of Union Free School District No. 1, town- of Harrietstown, for the nonpayment of a school tax ¿ssessed against real estate belonging to the 'plaintiff’s wife. The plaintiff complains in his. complaint that the fax, tó collect which the levy was made; was unlawfully assessed upon property exempt from assessment under the statutes of the 'United-States, as. well as the laws of the State of New York. . The answer of the defendant contains a general' denial to the allegations setting…
1Opinion of the CourtBeman, J.
The plaintiff had been a soldier in the army of the United States in the war of the Rebellion. He had received an honorable discharge from such service and was the recipient of a pension from the general government of $12 per month, the proceeds of which had been used by him in the purchase of the real estate upon which he resided with his family in the town of Harrietstown; that an assessment for taxes had been made upon said premises for the purpose of raising funds for the support and maintenance of the common schools of the school district in which he resided.
The respondent was.the…
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