HARRIS v. BOARD OF COM'RS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY

No. 27.

163 S.E.2d 387 (1968)

274 N.C. 343

E. H. HARRIS, Lomer Davenport, Ramona Davenport, C. W. Harris, Elizabeth Harris, and Harlin Patrick v. The BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY and the Individual Members Thereof, Namely, W. R. Owens, R. B. Brown, H. W. Pritchett, J. C. Hassell, W. W. White, and Ralph Hunter, Tax Collector of Washington County.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilkinson & Vosburgh, Washington, for plaintiff appellants.

Norman, Rodman & Hutchins and Bailey & Bailey, Plymouth, for defendant appellees.

T. Wade Bruton, Atty. Gen., and Ralph Moody, Deputy Atty. Gen., for the State, amicus curiae.


BOBBITT, Judge.

The amended complaint is set out in full in the preliminary statement of the Court of Appeals. In brief summary, plaintiffs alleged that the Board of Commissioners of Washington County, in the county tax levy for 1967-1968, had voted an increase from $1.70 to $1.85 per $100.00 valuation; that the increase of 15 ¢ per $100.00 was to supplement the salaries of teachers in the public schools of the county; and that a tax levy for this purpose had...

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