Cottrell v. . Lenoir

The plaintiff sued on behalf of himself and all other taxpayers of the town of Lenoir, similarly situated, who will come in and make themselves parties. The case grows out of the construction and operation of certain legislation in regard to paying and improving the streets and sidewalks of said town, as contained in its charter (Private Laws 1909, ch. 37); Private Laws 1915, ch. 202, amendatory thereof, and an act passed at the present session of the General Assembly and ratified on 9 January, 1917, and Public Laws 1915, ch. 56, entitled "An act relating to local improvements in…