Herring v. . Dixon
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action for an injunction pending in the Superior Court of G-eeene county and heard before Allen, J., at chambers in Kinston, N. C., on 19th November, 1897. By consent, his Honor reserved his decision until the 4th. day of December, 1897; when further argument was heard iu the cause.
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Civil action for an injunction pending in the Superior Court of G-eeene county and heard before Allen, J., at chambers in Kinston, N. C., on 19th November, 1897. By consent, his Honor reserved his decision until the 4th. day of December, 1897; when further argument was heard iu the cause. The purpose of the action was to enjoin the collection of a certain tax levied by the Board of Commissioners of Greene county for putting in repair and keeping up the public roads and bridges in said county, under the provisions of Chapter 500 of the Public Laws of the Session of 1897 of the General Assembly…
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
This action is brought to enjoin the collection of a special tax levied by the commissioners of Greene county under authority of Chapter 500, Acts 1897, entitled, “An Act to provide for the working of the public roads of Greene, Wilson and Wayne counties. ” Section 1 thereof requires the boards of commissioners of said counties “in their respective joint sessions” to levy each year a special tax of 15 cents on $100 worth of property and 45 cents on the taxable poll, said, taxes, “when collected, to be applied to the laying out, discontinuing, establishing, building, constructing and…
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