Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Volumen38H.O. Houghton and Company, 1866 |
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... voted by the town was assessed . Held , that there was a substantial compliance with the proviso of the vote , and therefore that the assessment was authorized . In assumpsit to recover back the amount of a tax alleged to have been ...
... voted by the town was assessed . Held , that there was a substantial compliance with the proviso of the vote , and therefore that the assessment was authorized . In assumpsit to recover back the amount of a tax alleged to have been ...
Página 65
... voted , contained the following article : " Article 10th . To see if the town will make an appropriation towards purc nasing a fire engine . ' " " Upon this article the town voted " to raise and appropriate $ 400 for the purchasing of a ...
... voted , contained the following article : " Article 10th . To see if the town will make an appropriation towards purc nasing a fire engine . ' " " Upon this article the town voted " to raise and appropriate $ 400 for the purchasing of a ...
Página 68
... vote of the town , to appropriate $ 400 for the purchase of a fire engine and apparatus , and the plaintiff contends , that the warrant did not justify such a vote . The warrant was , " to see if the town will make an appropria- tion ...
... vote of the town , to appropriate $ 400 for the purchase of a fire engine and apparatus , and the plaintiff contends , that the warrant did not justify such a vote . The warrant was , " to see if the town will make an appropria- tion ...
Página 69
... vote . 4. Another exception to the regularity of the tax paid by the plaintiff is , that it included $ 100 to build a town road , recently laid out by the selectmen . It appears by the report , that although there was a warrant " to see ...
... vote . 4. Another exception to the regularity of the tax paid by the plaintiff is , that it included $ 100 to build a town road , recently laid out by the selectmen . It appears by the report , that although there was a warrant " to see ...
Página 70
... vote of the town was inoperative and void . The vote to raise money by a tax for the building of this road , was consequently premature and invalid , and the plaintiff was not bound to pay it . But as this is an action of assumpsit , to ...
... vote of the town was inoperative and void . The vote to raise money by a tax for the building of this road , was consequently premature and invalid , and the plaintiff was not bound to pay it . But as this is an action of assumpsit , to ...
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action alleged amount appear assignment assumpsit attachment authority bank bill breach charged cited Claflins claim common law Common Pleas condition contended contract conveyed corporation Court creditors damages David Shepard debt declaration deed defendant defendant's delivered the opinion demand discharged entitled equity et ux evidence execution facts furnish Godfrey grant held Hovey indictment indorsed insured intent interest intestate judgment jury land liable loss Mass meetinghouse Mendon ment Mill Dam Foundery mortgage nonsuit notice objection offence officer owner paid parish Parkhurst parties payable payment person Pick Pilgrim Society plaintiff pleaded possession promissory note proved provisions purpose question reasonable recover remedy repairs Revised Stat rule scire facias seisin SHAW C. J. delivered statute statute of limitations Stearns suit surety tenant term testator testified tion town trespass trial trover trustee verdict versus vessel vote warrant witness wood writ
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Página 107 - ... but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before...
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Página 163 - ... lease or indenture heretofore made agreeably to law. And the lands and tenements of said proprietors, shall not be liable to be taken in execution for debt. And if any of said proprietors shall be committed in execution for debt, he she or they shall have the same benefit, from an Act intitled, "An Act for the relief of poor prisoners who are committed by execution for debt...
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Página 65 - In considering the various statutes regulating the assessment of taxes, and the measures preliminary thereto, it is not always easy to distinguish which are conditions precedent to the legality and validity of the tax, and which are directory merely, and do not constitute conditions. One rule is very plain and well settled — that all those measures...