Wade v. Commissioners of Craven County
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was originally a P< titinv by the plaintiff to the defendants, praying that he might be relieved from certain taxes,, which the plaintiff alleged were excessive. From the ruling of the Board of Commissioners, the plaintiff appealed to the Superior Court. The cause was removed to the county of Caeteeet, and there heard before MoKov. J., at August Term, 1875. The following is the statement of the ease sent up as a part of the record.
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This was originally a P< titinv by the plaintiff to the defendants, praying that he might be relieved from certain taxes,, which the plaintiff alleged were excessive. From the ruling of the Board of Commissioners, the plaintiff appealed to the Superior Court. The cause was removed to the county of Caeteeet, and there heard before MoKov. J., at August Term, 1875. The following is the statement of the ease sent up as a part of the record. The plaintiff on the 8th day of July, 1873, presented to the defendants a petition for relief from excessive taxation, upon certain lands in Craven county.…
1Opinion of the CourtSettle, J.
The subject of taxation is regulated entirely By statute, and the revenues of this State are collected under the operation of what is known as' the machinery bill.
By this bill, Battle’s Rev., chap. 102, the Township Board of Trustees are required to assess the value of the real and personal property within then- respective townships on the first day of April, in each year, and they are required to return an abstract and tax list to the Clerk of County Commissioners on or before the-first Monday in May in each year.
The County Commissioners of each county are required to meet on the third…
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