Moore v. Beattie
Supreme Court of Vermont
Replevin for a mare. The defendant avowed taking the mare as collector of school district No. .4, in Ryegate, by virtue of a warrant directing him to collect a tax against the plaintiff laid by that district. The cause was tried by the court at the December Term, 1859, — Poland, J., presiding. The facts in the case and the questions raised therein are stated in the opinion of the court.
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Replevin for a mare. The defendant avowed taking the mare as collector of school district No. .4, in Ryegate, by virtue of a warrant directing him to collect a tax against the plaintiff laid by that district. The cause was tried by the court at the December Term, 1859, — Poland, J., presiding. The facts in the case and the questions raised therein are stated in the opinion of the court. The county court rendered judgment for the defendant for nominal damages and for a return of the property replevied, to which the plaintiff excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtKellogg, J.
It was admitted on the trial of this case in the county court that, prior to the annual March meeting of the town of Ryegate in 1851, the plaintiff’s farm in that town belonged to school district No. 5 in said town. The plaintiff now calls in question the legality of the vote of that town at its annual March meeting in 1851, creating a new school district in said town from portions of school districts No. 4 and 5, which was called school district No. 10, in which the plaintiff’s farm was included, and also the legality of the vote of said -town at its annual March meeting in 1858, by which…
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