Council of Newark v. Claringbold
Superior Court of Delaware
Amicable Action (No: 128, March Term, 1914) by the Council of Newark, a municipal corporation, against Thomas R. Claringbold, to determine the validity of a tax assessment of defendant’s property. Judgment for plaintiff.
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Amicable Action (No: 128, March Term, 1914) by the Council of Newark, a municipal corporation, against Thomas R. Claringbold, to determine the validity of a tax assessment of defendant’s property. Judgment for plaintiff. On error, post, 94 Atl. 1102. The question presented to the court, on an agreed statement of facts contained in the opinion of the court, was whether the assessor and council, in assessing and valuing the said real estate, had a right to take into consideration the fact that the defendant was at the time the holder of a merchant’s license for the sale of intoxicating liquor…
1Opinion of the Court
Pennewill, C. J.,
delivered the opinon of the court:
The following agreed statement of facts was filed in the above-stated case:(1) The plaintiff is a municipal corporation duly created by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, for the government and control of the Town of Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, by Chapter 175, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 419, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, and other acts supplemental to and amendatory of said first mentioned act.(2) The defendant is a resident and taxable of said town, owning the following real estate therein, viz.:
All that lot or…
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