Bradley v. Laconia
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, to recover back money paid for taxes which the plaintiff claims were illegally assessed upon the parochial school property of the Catholic church in Laconia, from 1879 to 1888. inclusive.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
The taxes which have been paid under the impression that the assessment was legal cannot be recovered back. The remedy was by an appeal from the assessment. Edes v. Boardman, 58 N. H. 580 ; Locke v. Pittsfield, 63 N. H. 122; Boody v. Watson, 64 N. H. 162, 187. Payments made under a mistake of law cannot be recovered back. Ladd v. Kenney, 2 N. H. 340 ; Webber v. Aldrich, 2 N. H. 461; Pinkham v. Gear, 3 N. H. 163, 168 ; Peterborough v. Lancaster, 14 N. H. 382; Evans v. Gale, 17 N. H. 573 ; Manchester v. Burns, 45 N. H. 482, 486 ; Bisp. Eq. (2d ed.) 244; Pom. Eq. Jur., s. 851. The payments were…
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