Great Southern Media, Inc. v. McDowell County

HEDRICK, Judge.

Plaintiffs, by their first and third assignments of error, contend that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of the unpaid distribution of The Old Fort Dispatch and in relying upon such evidence in its findings of fact and conclusions of law. Plaintiffs argue that G.S. §§ 1-597 and 105-369(d) require that the newspaper publishing the notice of the tax lien sale must be one of “general circulation to actual paid subscribers,” and that any evidence as to unpaid distribution or non-paid subscribers is therefore irrelevant to the determination of whether The Old Fort…