¶1From the case stated it appears that, by the Act of the General Assembly of March 22, 1897 (Chap. 555, Vol. 20, Laws of Del., 669), it was provided, that all that part of the City of Wilmington between Seventh and Twelfth Streets and Green-hill and Woodlawn Avenues, being unimproved property, should pay for city and school taxes, “ a rate not exceeding one-fourth of the regular rate levied on persons and estates in the remaining parts of the said city.”
¶2That the plaintiff was the owner of certain real estate within said limits.
¶3That subsequently the act of May 20, 1898, was passed *365(Chap. 106, Vol. 21, Laws of Del., 244), which was entitled “An Act to Classify Real Estate for the purposes of Taxation, and to Exempt certain Lands from Municipal Taxation within the City of Wilmington.”
¶4Under the last act, all the real estate of said city, other than marsh land, was classified as “ rural or suburban, and built-up portians,” and the lowest tax upon any real estate therein was fixed at one-half the highest rate of tax required to be levied on the built-up portions for each year. Section 7 of this act expressly repeals all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with its provisions.
¶5The taxes on the plaintiff’s real estate for the year 1899 were rated and collected, under the act of 1898, at one-half the regular tax rate for that year, and for 1900 at the full rate. That the said taxes were paid under protest by the said plaintiff as being illegally exacted, and with the avowed intention to sue for their recovery.
¶6That the excess of taxes paid by the plaintiff over a one-fourth rate for the year 1899 was 45.22, and for the year 1900 was $150.00, aggregating $195.22, which, with interest on each sum from the date of payment, plaintiff claims in this action.
¶7One of the questions raised in the case is, whether the act of 1897 is repealed by the act of 1898.
¶8The act of 1897 fixes the taxes on the lands in question at one-fourth the regular rate for any year. The act of 1898, on the other hand, fixes the lowest rate of taxes thereon for any one year at one-half the regular rate. In this respect, therefore, the two acts are clearly inconsistent, and to that extent the law of 1898 repeals the act of 1897.
¶9As this conclusion disposes of the case, it is unnecessary for us to decide the other questions raised and discussed.
¶10Let judgment be entered for the defendant for costs under the terms of the case stated.