The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-09-08
TYRRELL SUPERIOR COURT
SETTLES MANY CASES

COLUMBIA. SO Disposition Of
cases not reported in last weeks
issue, of the Tyrrell County Super
Tor Court last week with Judge
Joseph w. Parker presiding are as
follows: The case of Leonard C.
Clements and Onley C. Clements VS..
George M. Chapman was ordered
continued to allow the personal rep
Preventative of Leonard c. Clements,
deceased, to be made a party to this
action.
In the case of B. r. Alexander
Tvs. s. C. Woodley, the defendant
Withdrew appeal and moved to ac-
lcept judgment as rendered by JUS
tice of the Peace Henry L. Reyn-
olds. Motion was allowed.
In the case of Tyrrell County VS..
Irving R. Swain, Virgie Swain, w.
Alton Ainsley and wife Rosa Lee
Ainsley, Dennis w. Swain and wife
Janet Swain, M. A. Matthews, trus-
tee and Sam S. Woodley, trustee,
in which taxes for the years 1857
and 1858 against land was sought.
The judge ruled that it appeared
that Irwin r. Swain, Virgie Swain,
Dennis w. Swain and wife Janet
Swain, M. A. Matthews and S. S.
Woodley has disclaimed any right
title or interest in the named tract
No. mentioned in the complaint,
and that no answer or other plead
ings have been filed to the COM
plant by defendants w. Alton
Ainsley and wife Rosa Lee Aims
ley, it was ordered that lands des-
|cribed in tract No. / be condemned
for sale under the lien for taxes
on behalf of the plaintiff Tyrrell
County; that a commissioner be ap-
pointed by the court to sell same
and that Tyrrell County recover it's
costs, including $25 which the judge
rules to be reasonable compensation
for the county attorney.
In the case-Davis Distributing
Co. VS.. ]. w. Everett TIA Columbia
Furniture Co., S. S. Woodley moved
that due to Irregularities in the
dispositions that they be rejected.
Motion was denied by Judge Par
ker, and he ordered Judgment to
recover the same of $168.55 from
the defendant plus interest on said
amount from date of this judg-
ment, and he further ordered that
defendant pay costs including the
sum of $25 for taking dispositions
in the action. An appeal was noted
to Supreme Court of N. C. Appeal
bond was set at $50 and bond for
stay of execution 5000.
In the case-Lula A. Cohoon VS..
Fentress Hassell and Marvin Brick
house, a claim-of- delivery action,
it was brought out that the claim
of delivery had been satisfied, with
the matter of costs remaining. De-
PENDANTS were ordered to pay the
costs.
The Judge ordered to set aside
the judgment: Town of Columbia
VS.. Percy Sykes, Wilma Sykes, Sam
S. Woodley, trustee for H. G. Dog
Ter, Martha w. Sykes, Augustus
Vanhorn Sykes, minor, represented
by guardian ad Item w. Borden
McClees. The plaintiff objects and
except and preserved the right of
appeal. The Judge ordered that the
demurrer interposed therein be sas-
tanned and ordered action dismissed
from civil issue docket Of Tyrrell
Co. without prejudice to eithe- Tyr
rell County or the Town Of Column
bia to institute a new action. The
Town of Columbia was ordered to
pay the costs. Appeal bond was
set at 500.
All other cases were continued
until next term of court.
Judge Parker called a conference
of County Commissioners, Clerk OF
Court, Tax Accountant, Tax At
torney, and the sheriff 70 clarity
the law on method of back-taxes
collection.