Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court October 15, 1827 (Bradford v. Randall)

Morton J.

delivered the opinion of the Court. The defendant, a collector of taxes in a religious society, justifies under a warrant from the assessors of the society, and the only question for our consideration is, whether this is a valid warrant.

The statute of 1785, c. 50, requires that warrants for the collection of taxes should be in substance, according to the form therein prescribed.