Legal Opinion
Taylor v. . Vann
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided November 27, 1900PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK and MONTGOMERY, JJ., dissenting. (244) This is an action brought for the recovery of the office of member of the Board of Education of HERTFORD. The plaintiff recovered judgment at April Term, 1900, and the defendant appealed. The term of office expired by original limitation on 1 July following, after the rendition of the judgment, and pending the appeal. This destroys the subject matter of the action, rendering futile any further judgment for the plaintiff; and this Court has repeatedly declared that it will not undertake to determine the merits of a case simply for the purpose of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ex Parte Duncan N. HennenSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Taylor and Marshall v. BeckhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Hoke v. . HendersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1833
- Ward v. . Elizabeth CitySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
- State Ex Rel. Greene v. OwenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State ex rel. Gregory v. BoydIndiana Supreme Court · 1909
- State v. WrayCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2010
- Hale v. BergIndiana Court of Appeals · 1908
- In Re Assignment of the School Children in the Stella CommunitySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1955
- State v. WrayCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2010