McGINNES v. DEPARTMENT OF FIN., GOV'T OF N. C. CTY.


359 A.2d 166 (1976)

F. Earl McGINNES, Jr., Plaintiff-below-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, GOVERNMENT OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY, et al., and Charles A. Young et al., members of the Board of Education of the Conrad Area School District, Defendants-below-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided May 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Earl McGinnes, Jr., pro se.

Thomas Herlihy, Jr. and Morris Cohen, Wilmington, for defendants-appellees.

Before HERRMANN, Chief Justice, and DUFFY and McNEILLY, Justices.


DUFFY, Justice:

The issue for determination in this appeal requires a construction of 14 Del.C. § 1916(b) which governs local school taxation following a general reassessment of all real property in a County.

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Plaintiff, a citizen and a taxpayer in the Conrad Area School District, filed an action in the Court of Chancery alleging that the rate of taxation established by the Board of Education for the...

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