Legal Opinion
O'berry, State Treasurer v. . Mecklenburg County
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided February 19, 1930PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On 2 August, 1928, the Treasurer of North Carolina instituted an action in the Superior Court of Wake County against Mecklenburg County and the Mecklenburg Highway Commission. It was alleged in the complaint that the defendant, Mecklenburg County, was a body politic and corporate, and authorized to sue and be sued. It was further alleged that "the General Assembly of North Carolina enacted chapter 93, Public Laws of 1927, wherein there was levied and imposed a tax of four cents per gallon on all motor fuel, sold, distributed or used in this State; that all of the net proceeds of said tax is…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Panhandle Oil Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. KnoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Bowman v. Continental Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Helson & Randolph v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Texas Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Jones v. Commissioners.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Stephenson v. BartlettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2002
- Yancey v. North Carolina State Highway & Public Works CommissionSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
- State v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- City of Ardmore v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
- City of Louisville v. Cromwell, TreasurerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
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