Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-20
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Tuesday, Feb. 20, 1888.
The Tax Committee.
IA Number of Cases Considered and R lief Recommended.

|A Number of Cases Considered and Re- lief Recommended.
 The tax committee yesterday afternoon heard from pr. John P. Phillips why there should have been no lien on 8 small piece o1 property in Fair Haven to secure an assess ment, the bill for which happened to be made in his name. He said that he never owned the land. It was owned by Yale college and the Hillhouse family. MT. Kingsley for thE college had contracted with the witness te let him Or. Phillips) sell the property and take for his pay whatever he could get aboVt certain price. The amount due is $42.1 The committee decided to send word to thu college asking for further information, inas much as whether the bill was rightly sent tt pr. Phillips or not, foreclosure, if neces sary, would simply be on the land.
 James J. Coogan appeared in behalf o some of the property interests of his father'I estate and made statement going to show that an assessment for the Bradley street i'm provement had been paid by his father, Joh1 Oooean, since whose death the receipt coulc not be found. The amount involved ii $49. .36. The committee decided to hear mort evidence on this point
 Mrs. Margaret McWeeney desired some re lief from the rapidly growing amount o $267.9 99. She has some mortgaged property and is endeavoring to save out of it at leas three pieces of land, one for her persona use. There is little equity in all her proper ty, which is on Sylvan avenue, Rose cour and Broad streets, and against which ara certain improven ent assessments. The com nittee decided to recommend some reduction of interest in order to assist ln ehect1ng { settlement of the whole account.
 Sarah Brooks appeared and explained that an assessment of $2 foot on her property flor building the old Chapel street bridge hac hot been fair She wanted the interest or $12o abated. The lady is 66 years old and supports herself, but had been obliged tc mortgage her property for $9O0 in order tc live. It was doubtful if the assessment Was lawful The committee voted 10 recommend that she be given until the 1st of April tc pay the $12O, the interest, amounting to nearly as much as the original debt, to be abated.
 x 0. w. Blakeslee appeared and explained that poll tax against Charles F. Cane had been improperly laid, as he was while in lift pensioned soldier. The committee tool the same view of the case. The amount o1 $22. II was recommended to be abated.
 The case of c s. Bushnell presented some ' points of interest. One of the committee remarked that if he had been shrewd anc prompt in looking out for all his interests he need not have paid $3,300 which he hat paid. The assessment on which it was now sought to have an abatement amounted tc $466 with interest amounting to $230 39 Be had once paid $4,7oO after having re ceived letter from the collector in which i then appeared that such payment would clear him from all obligation. With thil matter of c. S. BushnelPs was one of c. J Bushnell whose bill was $275 fol taxes and interest. It was voted to recon mend an abatement of the interest, if thC payments should be made by July 1st.
 The committee meet again Friday after noon, when they will hear the cases of Franl E. Craig, Christopher Flood, George W. Staples, the National Savings bank, the Geo gan case, and they adjourned after agreeing Q recommend the acceptance for Isaac Strouse of his offer to settle for $75 if paid hu ATriI st