Action on Sheriff's Bond — Failure to Pay Over Taxes — Right of County Board of Education to Bring Action.
In an action brought by the county board of education against a sheriff, on his official bond, for failure to pay over the taxes levied for school purposes, the complaint need not allege that the county commissioners have refused to bring an action for the purpose, since by section 28, chapter 199, Acts of 1889, The Code, section 2563, was amended so as to make the county board of education the proper relator in such an action.
CLARK, J.
All the points raised in this case have been passed upon in Commissioners v. Wall, ante, 377, except the objection that the plaintiff cannot maintain the action without an allegation that the county commissioners have refused to bring an action to recover the amount due the plaintiff. Section 28 of ch. 199, Acts 1889, amends the provisions of section 2563 of The Code by substituting the county board of education for the county commissioners as the proper relators in an action like the present.
No error.
Cited: Tillery v. Candler, 118 N.C. 889; Comrs. v. Sutton, 120 N.C. 301.