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238 N.C. 522

Buchan v. Shaw

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 4, 1953

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1953-11-04

Relies on Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Powell · Rotan v. . State · Bunn v. . Maxwell, Comr. of Revenue

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Decided 1953-11-04

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Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently September 2017

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Barnhill, J.

¶1Ail action against tbe Commissioner of Revenue, in essence, is an action against tbe State. Insurance Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Com., 217 N.C. 495, 8 S.E. 2d 619. Since tbe State bas not waived its immunity against suit by one of its citizens under tbe Declaratory Judgment Act to adjudicate bis tax liability under tbe sales tax statute, tbe court properly sustained tbe demurrer. Insurance Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Com., supra. See also Bunn v. Maxwell, Comr. of Revenue, 199 N.C. 557, 155 S.E. 250; Rotan v. S., 195 N.C. 291, 141 S.E. 733.

¶2Plaintiff’s only remedy is provided by Gr.S. 105-267. He must follow tbe procedure there prescribed.

¶3In any event, tbe question tbe plaintiff seeks to bave tbe court answer by declaratory judgment is put at rest in tbe opinion in Phillips v. Shaw, ante, p. 518, tbis day filed.

¶4Tbe judgment entered in tbe court below is

¶5Affirmed.

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