Glidden v. Harrington

This was an action brought in the superior court of Middlesex county by Harrington, collector of taxes for the city of Lowell, to recover a tax upon personal property, assessed upon the defendant as trustee, for the year 1889.

The case resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, which was carried by exceptions to the supreme judicial court, where the exceptions were ordered overruled (179 Mass. 486, 61 N. E. 54) and the case remanded to the superior court, in which judgment was entered.

Mr. Harvey N. Shepard for plaintiff in error.

Messrs. George F. Richardson, Francis W. Qua, and William A. Hogan for defendant in error.

Mr. Justice Brown delivered the opinion of the court: