JOHNSTON v. GASTON COUNTY

No. 8327SC1293.

323 S.E.2d 381 (1984)

Hugh W. JOHNSTON and Audrey S. Johnston v. GASTON COUNTY, Martin Eudy, The Tax Supervisor for Gaston County, and Trumble-McGuirk & Associates, a division of Cole-Layer-Trumble Company, and The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, an Ohio Corporation.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Basil L. Whitener and Anne M. Lamm, Gastonia, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stott, Hollowell, Palmer & Windham by Grady B. Stott and Jeffrey M. Trepel, Gastonia, for defendants-appellees Gaston County and Martin Eudy.

Mullen, Holland & Cooper by Graham C. Mullen and William E. Moore, Jr., Gastonia, for defendants-appellees Trumble-McGuirk and Ohio Cas. Ins. Co.


ARNOLD, Judge.

The primary issue in this case is: where should the plaintiffs have pursued their claim that Gaston County through its appraisers overvalued their property? The plaintiffs say that they now have a right of action in Gaston County Superior Court, while the defendants say that the plaintiffs do not have such a right, but only could have appealed from the ruling of the Property Tax Commission to the Court of Appeals.

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