Jones v. . Arrington
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action, tried at Fall Term, 1884, of-Warren Superior Court, before Gudger, J. This action was brought for the collection of taxes alleged to be due the plaintiff from the defendant for the years 1873 and 1880 inclusive, under the act of 1883, ch. 79, entitled “ an act for the relief of Nathaniel R. Jones, former sheriff of Warren county.” The facts máterial to an un-derstandiug of the point decided are stated in the opinion. The plaintiff.appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The plaintiff had filled the successive terms of the office of sheriff of Warren county from the. year 1873 until the first Monday in September, 1881, when his last term expired, and had during this period regularly accounted for and paid over to the proper authorities' the taxes, state and county, with the collection of which he was charged. For his relief at the session of thegeñeíal assembly, held in the year 1883, an act was passed, the first section of which is in these words:
“ That Nathaniel R. Jones, former sheriff of AVarren county, be, and he is hereby authorized, to collect the…
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