Inhabitants of Reading v. Inhabitants of Tewksbury
19 Mass. 535
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Inhabitants of Reading v. Inhabitants of Tewksbury, 19 Mass. 535 (Mass. 1824).
Opinion
The Court were of opinion, that the jury ought to have found the reason, why Pearson was not taxed ; whether it was on account of age, infirmity, or poverty, or through mistake, or from some other cause. The assessors might have [569]*569properly omitted to tax him;1 which must depend on the circumstances existing at the time.
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