Worth v. . Cox
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PROCEEDING in summary judgment against a sheriff for failure to pay state tax in the time allowed by law, commenced before the clerk, and heard at June Term, 1 883, of Wake Superior Court, before Philips, J. On motion before the clerk of the superior court of Wake, judgment was rendered against the defendant sheriff of Perqui-mans county, and the sureties upon his bond, under the provisions of the revenue-act, for failure to pay taxes according to law.
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PROCEEDING in summary judgment against a sheriff for failure to pay state tax in the time allowed by law, commenced before the clerk, and heard at June Term, 1 883, of Wake Superior Court, before Philips, J. On motion before the clerk of the superior court of Wake, judgment was rendered against the defendant sheriff of Perqui-mans county, and the sureties upon his bond, under the provisions of the revenue-act, for failure to pay taxes according to law. An appeal therefrom was refused by the clerk, and the defendant sureties then applied to the judge for the writ of certiorari, alleging, in…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The defendant Cox, sheriff of the county of Perquimans, being in default, in his settlement of public taxes, and the time allowed therefor having expired, summary judgment -was entered before the clerk in the superior court against him and the other defendants, the sureties, upon their official bond for the sum due, under the provisions of section 44, chapter 117 of the acts of 1881. Pending the motion and before rendition of the judgment, counsel for the sureties, being notified thereof by the clerk, appeared before him and made objection on the gi'ound that indulgence had been granted to…
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