Johnson v. Jones
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass and Trover against defendant as collector of taxes for the town of Johnson. Plea, the general issue. Trial by court on an agreed statement, at the December Term, 1911, Windsor County, Miles, J., presiding. Judgment, pro forma, for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The only question before the Court is, whether on the agreed case the plaintiff’s real estate in the town of Johnson, known as Ithiel Falls, was exempt from taxation under ’ the laws of the State, April 1, 1907.
The plaintiff is a Methodist clergyman, serving no one church regularly, but an evangelist. Prior to 1906 and 1907, he lived in Johnson. He became owner of this property in part by deed dated November 5, 1898, in part by land contract dated May 31, 1899, acquiring full title by decree based upon said contract, dated August 22, 1906.
The property, about eight acres in all, consists of…
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