Gordon v. Norris
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Case, against the defendants for unlawfully assessing a tax upon the plaintiff by the defendants, as selectmen of Bpping, in the year 1846, and compelling her, through their tax collector, to pay the sum of $¡27,19 tax, said to be unlawfully assessed, and $ in costs, &c. It appeared that the defendants were selectmen of Epping that year, and assessed the tax, and compelled the plaintiff to pay it on the 9th day of January, A. D. 1850, by arresting and imprisoning her.
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Case, against the defendants for unlawfully assessing a tax upon the plaintiff by the defendants, as selectmen of Bpping, in the year 1846, and compelling her, through their tax collector, to pay the sum of $¡27,19 tax, said to be unlawfully assessed, and $ in costs, &c. It appeared that the defendants were selectmen of Epping that year, and assessed the tax, and compelled the plaintiff to pay it on the 9th day of January, A. D. 1850, by arresting and imprisoning her. Before assessing the tax, one of the defendants called upon the plaintiff, (who is an aged person,) at her house in Epping, in…
1Opinion of the CourtGilchrist, C. J.
By chapter 43, section 2 of the Compiled Laws, the selectmen may give notice of the time and place they will receive an account of the polls and estate, by advertisement, &c.
Bnt they are not bound to adopt this course. By section 3 they may make personal application to the inhabitants for such an account.
It is said that no application for an account was made to the plaintiff.
The case states that one of the selectmen asked her if she had any money, to which she answered that she had only about $100. He asked her if she would make a statement on oath, and she refused, saying that they ought not…
2Cited by1 opinion
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