APPEAL OF NORTH CAROLINA FORESTRY FOUNDATION

Nos. 34, 35.

250 S.E.2d 236 (1979)

296 N.C. 330

In the Matter of the Appeal of NORTH CAROLINA FORESTRY FOUNDATION, INC.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Poyner, Geraghty, Hartsfield & Townsend by Thomas L. Norris, Jr. and Curtis A. Twiddy, Raleigh, for petitioner North Carolina Forestry Foundation, Inc.

Joyner & Howison by R. C. Howison, Jr., and James E. Tucker, Raleigh, for respondents, Jones and Onslow Counties.

James R. Hood, Trenton, for Jones County.

Roger A. Moore, Jacksonville, for Onslow County.


BRANCH, Justice.

The primary question presented by this appeal is whether the Hofmann Forest is exempt from ad valorem taxation. The Onslow County case also presents the question as to whether the county, through procedural default, is precluded from collecting ad valorem taxes for the years in question, 1974 and 1975. An additional question in the Jones County case is whether the land has been properly valued for ad valorem tax purposes.

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