Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. County Trustee of Brunswick v. Woodside

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 1849PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Brunswick County, at the Spring Term 1849, his Honor Judge Caldwell presiding. This is a suit against the defendants on the sheriff’s bond of said Woodside, executed in September 1S43, and the breaches assigned are, that he collected and failed to pay over the County taxes, assessed in March 1844, for the year 1843 ; and that he failed to collect and pay over the said taxes.

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Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Brunswick County, at the Spring Term 1849, his Honor Judge Caldwell presiding. This is a suit against the defendants on the sheriff’s bond of said Woodside, executed in September 1S43, and the breaches assigned are, that he collected and failed to pay over the County taxes, assessed in March 1844, for the year 1843 ; and that he failed to collect and pay over the said taxes. It appeared from the record, that there were but four magistrates on the bench of the County Court, when the taxes aforesaid were imposed, and it was not alleged or pretended, that…

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This is a suit against the defendants on the sheriff's bond of said Woodside, executed in September, 1843, and the breaches assigned are, that he collected and failed to pay over the county taxes, assessed in March, 1844, for the year 1843; and that he failed to collect and pay over the said taxes. It appeared from the record that there were but four magistrates on the bench of the County Court when the taxes aforesaid were imposed, and it was not alleged or pretended that the magistrates of (497) Brunswick had ever been classified, as, by Private Laws of 1831 and 1835, they were directed to…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Alexander v. WatsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1942
  2. State Ex Rel. Greene v. OwenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
  3. In Re the Will of KempSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  4. State Ex Rel. Board of Commissioners v. BlueSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  5. Town of Mebane v. Iowa Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1975

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