Sherrod v. . Dawson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Peebles, J., beard at chambers, 6 January, 1911. This is an action brought by plaintiffs in the Superior Court of Edgecombe County to restrain the defendants from selling the property of plaintiffs pending the determination of this action, in which is involved the legality of certain taxes levied by the commissioners of Edgecombe and Martin counties upon the same personal property, to wit, certain solvent credits.
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Appeal from Peebles, J., beard at chambers, 6 January, 1911. This is an action brought by plaintiffs in the Superior Court of Edgecombe County to restrain the defendants from selling the property of plaintiffs pending the determination of this action, in which is involved the legality of certain taxes levied by the commissioners of Edgecombe and Martin counties upon the same personal property, to wit, certain solvent credits. The cause was heard by his Honor at chambers, who rendered judgment vacating the restraining order theretofore granted. From his judgment plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The facts as presented by the record are that certain notes and mortgages, solvent credits, are in the hands of J. P. Bunn, an attorney of Rocky' Mount, N. C.
The Board of Commissioners of Martin County entered said personal property' on the tax lists of that county after the death of Dr. J. W. Sherrod, who died intestate in that county on 7 November, 1909, claiming that said solvent credits were his property and that they had never been listed for taxation. It is admitted tbat Dr. J. W. Sberrod was a resident of Martin County at tbe time of and for years before bis death. It is admitted tbat…
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