Halcombe v. Commissioners of Haywood
Supreme Court of North Carolina
MotxoN for an injunction in a suit pending in Haywood Superior Court, heard at Chambers, before Avery, J. From the order refusing to grant the motion, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The aim of the present action is to arrest the collection of county taxes levied in excess of two-thirds of one per centum upon the valuation of the taxable property in the county of Haywood.
Numerous irregularities are apparent in the conduct of the cause from its beginning to the appeal. The summons issued on December 9th, 1882, and served soon after on the commissioners, is returnable to the term of the superior court held in the month of May of the year following. The plaintiff on the same day filed in the clerk’s office a verified complaint, and five days thereafter what he designates a…
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