Inlow v. Board of County Commissioners

The plaintiffs in error, publishers of a paper in Graham County, published a notice of delinquent tax sales for 1893. The last publication was in the issue of September 1, 1893. They failed to file the proof of publication, as required by paragraph 6957 of the General Statutes of 1889, within fourteen days thereafter, but did file the proper affidavit on the nineteenth day of September. By this failure they forfeited all right to pay for the publication of the notice, under the provisions of the paragraph referred to.

The Legislature of 1895 passed a special act making this claim for the…