Wilson v. Green
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AoTioisr by E. H. Wilson and others against A. II. Green and others, heard by Judge W. B. Allen, at chambers Ealeigh, N. 0., October 10, 1903. This action was brought by the plaintiffs in behalf of themselves and all other tax payers of Ealeigh Township and the city of Ealeigh who will come in and make themselves plaintiffs, to declare null and void the valuation and assessment of real property in said township and city for taxation as shown by the lists of the assessors…
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AoTioisr by E. H. Wilson and others against A. II. Green and others, heard by Judge W. B. Allen, at chambers Ealeigh, N. 0., October 10, 1903. This action was brought by the plaintiffs in behalf of themselves and all other tax payers of Ealeigh Township and the city of Ealeigh who will come in and make themselves plaintiffs, to declare null and void the valuation and assessment of real property in said township and city for taxation as shown by the lists of the assessors made in the year 1903 for the year 1903-04, and further to enjoin the Board of Commissioners of the county of Wake and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the case. While, under our present procedure, we have but one form of action, the difference between actions at law and suits in equity having-been abolished, yet the distinction between legal and equitable principles has been fully retained, and equity has no jurisdiction when there is an adequate, complete and certain remedy at law, and it is equally well settled as a rule of the Court of Equity, which still obtains, that there Avill be no interference by injunction when there is a sufficient remedy at law. This simple and elementary doctrine is applicable to all…
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