Sudderth v. . Brittain
Supreme Court of North Carolina
County Commissioners — Levy of Taxes. Civil ActioN, tried at Fall Term, 1876, of Burke Superior Court, before Henry, J. His Honor made an order restraining the defendants, Sheriff and Board of Commissioners of said County, from the collection of taxes assessed upon the land described in the complaint and alleged to be due. The facts are sufficiently stated by Mr. Justice RodmaN in delivering the opinion of this Court. The defendants appealed from said order.
1Opinion of the CourtRodmaN, J.
The very difficult hand-writing of this record and the great mass of irrelevant .matter which it contains, make it extremely difficult to ascertain what are the pertinent facts and what the questions presented for our determination.
We think however that the facts stripped of all unnecessary detail, and so far as they are material to our decision, which appear not to be disputed, are these:
The plaintiffs, or those whom they represent, in 1871-’2~ ’3-’4-’5, owned and still own a certain piece of land lying in several townships of Burke County. In 1871-’2-’3-’4,. they listed it for taxes as…
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