Curtiss v. Witt
Michigan Supreme Court
. Error to Lenawee; Lane, J. Trover by William H. Curtiss against George Witt.Erom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff brought trover for the alleged conversion of a road cart, which the defendant seized for taxes of the plaintiff, and refused to return to the plaintiff upon demand. We think that the warrant was fair upon its face, and a full protection to the defendant in his seizure of the cart; but it is claimed that it was not a protection to him after - demand, as, it is said, that the right of property, -and not a mere trespass, is involved.
It is a novel proposition that an officer may safely take property under a tax warrant, for the purpose •of sale, but, if demand is made before sale,…
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