Great Southern Media, Inc. v. McDowell County

EXUM, Justice.

The principal question presented on this appeal is whether The Old Fort Dispatch, a weekly newspaper published in McDowell County, qualifies under the “general circulation” provisions of G.S. 1-5971 and G.S. 105-369(d)2 for publication of notices *429of ad valorem tax lien sales. Both Judge Ferrell and a majority of the Court of Appeals (Judges Hedrick and Robert Martin, Judge Clark dissenting) concluded that the newspaper qualified. We agree and affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

Plaintiffs published The McDowell News, one of two newspapers published in McDowell County at…