Fawcett v. Dole
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Trespass, for assault and false imprisonment, with a count in ease alleging that the defendants, being assessors and selectmen of Washington, wilfully and maliciously doomed the plaintiff in the sum of $2,000, and issued their warrant for the collection of the tax by them assessed thereon to the collector, who arrested the plaintiff and committed her to jail.
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Trespass, for assault and false imprisonment, with a count in ease alleging that the defendants, being assessors and selectmen of Washington, wilfully and maliciously doomed the plaintiff in the sum of $2,000, and issued their warrant for the collection of the tax by them assessed thereon to the collector, who arrested the plaintiff and committed her to jail. The plaintiff introduced the record showing that the defendants, as selectmen of Washington for 1890, doomed her in the sum of $2,000, and assessed a tax thereon against her, and evidence tending to show that she never possessed any…
1Opinion of the CourtBlodgett, J.
Chapter 92, Laws of 1883, which provides that, in such towns as may adopt its provisions, the blank inventories required by Gen. Laws, c. 55, to be delivered to persons and corporations liable to taxation, may be presented to the taxpayer by the selectmen or assessors when they go to examine and appraise the property, having been adopted by the town of Washington, the blank inventory presented to the plaintiff on April 21 by the defendants was within the time limited by law; and she might have filled out and returned it on that or any other day prior to May 1. Laws 1878, c. 69, s. 7. The…
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- Edes v. BoardmanSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1879
- Odiorne v. RandSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1880
- McDaniel v. TebbettsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1881
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- Yaselli v. GoffDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1925