Warr v. Collector of Taxes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on May 10, 1919, and afterwards amended, by one alleging herself to be the owner of certain shares of stock in a corporation against the collector of taxes of the city of Taunton to restrain the defendant from proceeding with a sale of the plaintiff’s shares without seizure or surrender of the certificate and without the transfer of the certificate being enjoined.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on May 10, 1919, and afterwards amended, by one alleging herself to be the owner of certain shares of stock in a corporation against the collector of taxes of the city of Taunton to restrain the defendant from proceeding with a sale of the plaintiff’s shares without seizure or surrender of the certificate and without the transfer of the certificate being enjoined. In the Superior Court the defendant demurred for want of equity and because the plaintiff had an adequate remedy at law. The demurrer was heard by Cox, J., and was sustained. A final…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a suit in equity to restrain the tax collector from levying upon shares of stock, owned by the plaintiff individually and not as administratrix, in a corporation, to satisfy a tax assessed upon her as administratrix of the estate of Louis Busiere in the city of Taunton. It is alleged in the bill that the defendant is threatening and attempting to levy upon and sell at public auction such shares'of stock by virtue of his tax warrant and without seizure or surrender of the certificate and without its transfer having been enjoined. These allegations of fact must be accepted as true…
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