State Ex Rel. Phillips v. Neisen

Appeal from an order denying defendants’ motion for a new trial and from a judgment entered in a mandamus proceeding wherein defendants, county officials, at the instance of relators, taxpayers, were directed to publish the 1926 county financial statement as required by G. S. 1923, § 667.

The statute requires the financial statement to be made annually on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, and the publication thereof for three successive weeks, within 30 days thereafter, in some newspaper in the county.

1. The 30-day period expired before the commencement of this action. A…