Legal Opinion

Gatling v. . Commissioners of Carteret

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1885PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Motion to continue an injunction to the hearing, heard by Shepherd, Judge, at Spring Term, 1884, of Carteret Superior Court. I-Iis Honor refused to continue the restraining order theretofore granted and dismissed the action, and the plaintiff appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.

This was a civil action brought by the plaintiff against the defendants as commissioners of Carteret county, to have a debt due to him by the county set off against certain taxes assessed against him by the commissioners for the years 1882 and 1883, and for an injunction against the defendants, to restrain them from collecting said taxes.'

The plaintiff in his complaint alleged that the county of Car-teret was indebted to him in the sum of eight thousand dollars, evidenced by two judgments against the board of commissioners of said county, each for the sum of four thousand dollars, founded…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hurst, Miller & Co. v. EverettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  2. Finnegan v. City of FernandinaSupreme Court of Florida · 1875
  3. Cobb v. Corp. of Elizabeth CitySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1876
  4. Battle v. . ThompsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1871

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Boody v. WatsonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1886
  2. State v. Georgia Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
  3. Guilford v. . Georgia Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
  4. New Hanover County v. . WhitemanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  5. Town of Zebulon v. DawsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939

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