A. C. Arnett
Clarke landowner whose action to have the Board of Review reopen the assessment of his land was dropped in the Circuit Court in 1921.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of October 6, 1921 reports that an action brought by A. C. Arnett to have the Board of Review reopen the assessment of his land was temporarily dropped in Clarke County Circuit Court after Judge Whiting informally ruled that it must be shown the assessment is above the fair market value. It reports his contention that the assessment, while not above fair market value, was much higher than land assessments elsewhere in the state and so made him pay a higher state tax.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of October 6, 1921 reports that an action brought by A. C. Arnett to have the Board of Review reopen the assessment of his land was temporarily dropped in Clarke County Circuit Court after Judge Whiting informally ruled that it must be shown the assessment is above the fair market value. It reports his contention that the assessment, while not above fair market value, was much higher than land assessments elsewhere in the state and so made him pay a higher state tax.
What the source supports
That A. C. Arnett brought an action over the assessment of his land, which was temporarily dropped in the Clarke County Circuit Court in 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item calls the ruling informal and the dropping temporary, and reports no later outcome. The per-acre figure is missing from the OCR. It does not say where his land lay.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The October 6, 1921 item.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 6, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-10-06 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item "Land Assessment Case Not Pushed in Court"
Relevant passageWhether or not the land asses-, ments [assessments] in Clarke county are too high will hardly be tested in court. An action brought by Mr. A. C. Arnett to have the Board of Review to reopen the assessment of hig [his] land was temporarily dropped in Clarke County Circuit Court after Judg ■ Whiting had informally ruled that i [it] must be shown that the assess mu., [assessment] is a! ove [above] the fair market value.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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