Blair v. Board of Commissioners

Plaintiff, a resident and taxpayer of New Hanover County, brings this action on behalf of himself and all other persons similarly situated (Eaton v. Graded School, 184 N. C., 471) to restrain the defendants from issuing bonds of the county of New Hanover in excess of the amount authorized by chapter 361, 'Public-Local Laws 1923, for the purpose of constructing an annex or addition to the present county courthouse and for building a new county jail.

The single question presented by the appeal is one of statutory construction.

At the last session of the General Assembly two acts were passed, both…