Legal Opinion

Dyer v. . Ellington

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 9, 1900PublishedCited by 14 opinions

This was a civil action tried before bis Honor Thomas J. Shaw, at August term, 'of the Superior Court of RockiNgham County, 1899, brought before a Justice of the Peace in Leaks-ville Township, 'for the purpose of recovering a penalty of $100 against the defendants named in the caption, for failure, as Commissioners of the town of Leaksville, to publish, as required by sec. 3816, of The Code, a statement of taxes levied and collected in said town, together with' a statement…

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This was a civil action tried before bis Honor Thomas J. Shaw, at August term, 'of the Superior Court of RockiNgham County, 1899, brought before a Justice of the Peace in Leaks-ville Township, 'for the purpose of recovering a penalty of $100 against the defendants named in the caption, for failure, as Commissioners of the town of Leaksville, to publish, as required by sec. 3816, of The Code, a statement of taxes levied and collected in said town, together with' a statement of the amounts expended by them, and for what purpose, during the year 1897, and by due appeal was brought to the…

1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.

The act referred to in the case on appeal is as follows: ■ “An act for the relief of the Commissioners of the town of Leaksville, Rockingham County: ■ Whereas, the Commissioners of the town! of Leaksville, in Rockingham County, North Carolina, by an oversight, failed to make an exhibit of the taxes collected and expenditures as required by The Code, sec. 3816, and whereas certain parties have sued said' Commissioners for such failure, therefore the General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section 1. That the Commissioners of the town of Leaksville, in Rockingham' County, N. C., be and the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. City of Wilmington v. CronlySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Ewald Iron Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  2. Grocery Co. v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
  3. Dunham v. Anders.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
  4. Blue Ridge Interurban Railroad v. OatesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
  5. Williams v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910

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