Perry v. Commissioners of Bladen
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiffs from Kerr, J., at the October Term, 1921, of BladeN. Civil action to enjoin and perpetually restrain the defendants from levying and collecting a special school tax, authorized by a vote of the people in a new and proposed consolidated district of what was originally three contiguous and adjacent school districts in Bladen County, namely, Council, a local tax district, and Carver’s Creek and Boggy Branch, non-local tax districts.
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Appeal by plaintiffs from Kerr, J., at the October Term, 1921, of BladeN. Civil action to enjoin and perpetually restrain the defendants from levying and collecting a special school tax, authorized by a vote of the people in a new and proposed consolidated district of what was originally three contiguous and adjacent school districts in Bladen County, namely, Council, a local tax district, and Carver’s Creek and Boggy Branch, non-local tax districts. A majority of the voters in-the two districts last named voted against levying the special tax here called in question, but the tax was carried…
1Opinion of the CourtStacy, J.
The facts of this case, briefly stated, are as follows: Council, Carver’s Creek, and Boggy Branch have been for many years and were up to 6 June, 1921, when consolidated by the board of education of Bladen County, three contiguous and adjacent school districts, occupying and covering a large portion of Carver’s Creek Township, which township covers the entire southeastern end of Bladen County from the Cape Fear River to the Columbus County line.
In the year 1905 a special tax election for schools was held in the old Council District, and a tax of 30 cents on the $100 valuation of property and…
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