City of Sanford v. SOUTHERN OIL COMPANY

The statute, G.S. 160-89, grants abutting property owners in a street improvement project such as the one here involved the right of appeal to the Superior Court. The defendant failed to perfect his appeal from the final order of the Board of Aldermen of plaintiff affirming the assessment roll. The judge below so found, and there is no exception to the finding made. The appeal was properly dismissed.

When the applicable statute provides an appeal from an administrative agency or an inferior court to the Superior Court, the procedure provided in the Act must be followed. A writ of certiorari…