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§ 79 — Actions for contribution; subrogation to rights of city

Code of Ordinances, City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Supp. No. 103: codified through Ordinance No. 26-0283, enacted June 22, 2026) · Winston-Salem City Charter, art. XIV, § 79

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Sec. 79. - Actions for contribution; subrogation to rights of city.

If the assessment, after same shall be laid or levied, shall all be paid by either the tenant for life or the tenant for a term of years, or by the remainderman, of the owner in fee, the party paying more than his pro rata share of the same shall have the right to maintain an action in the nature of a suit for contribution against the delinquent party to recover from him his pro rata share of such assessment, with interest thereon from the date of such payment, and be subrogated to the right of the city, town, township, municipal district, county or the state, to a lien on such property for the same.