Carter v. Board of Drainage Commissioners
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Hyde, from order of O. H. Allen, J., denying plaintiff’s motion for restraining order, beard at chambers in Washington, June, 1911. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr. Chief Justice Clark.
1Opinion of the CourtClaRK, C. J.
Under chapter 442, Laws 1909, the plaintiffs and other landowners filed a petition for the drainage of Mat-tamuskeet Lake and adjacent lands. The State Board of Education, by virtue of its ownership of the lake bottom, was made a party and was chargeable with three-fourths of the expense of the drainage under chapter 509, Laws 1909. Said proceeding was prosecuted to a final decree. Exceptions were filed by plaintiffs and others, which were sustained and the final judgment rendered, to which there were no exceptions or appeal. Under the judgment in that proceeding $400,000 in bonds were…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sanderlin v. LukenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
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