Bristol Manufacturing Co. v. Gridley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the case for damage to the plaintiffs, caused by an illegal alteration of an assessment list by the defendant, by which the amount of their tax was increased.
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Action on the case for damage to the plaintiffs, caused by an illegal alteration of an assessment list by the defendant, by which the amount of their tax was increased. The plaintiffs in their declaration alleged that by ihe assessment list of the town of Bristol, for the year 1852, as prepared by the assessors and approved by the board of relief of said town, duly returned as a perfected list into the office of the town clerk of said town, the property of the plaintiffs liable to assessment was valued as follows: (giving the details,) making the value of the whole taxable property of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
This was an action upon the case for fraudulently altering the assessment list of the town where the plaintiffs’ corporation was established, after it was perfected and lodged with the town clerk. The alteration consisted in increasing the amount of the valuation of the plaintiffs’ property, to such an extent that their tax was increased about forty dollars beyond what it would have amounted to by the actual assessment as it was perfected and returned to the town clerk’s office; and the plaintiffs were compelled to pay the increased tax, in order to save their property, which was levied upon…
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- Hine v. RobbinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1831
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