Cromartie v. Commissioners of Bladen
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Rule upon the defendant commissioners to show cause why they should not be attached for contempt, heard at Spring Term, 1881, of BladeN Superior Court, before Gudgerr, J. The defendants appealed from the ruling below.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The plaintiff having sued, an d at spring term, 1875, recovered judgment against the board of county commissioners of Bladen for the sum of $4,760, with interest thereon from February 5th preceding, to enforce the pay ment thereof applied for and obtained a writ of mandamus commanding the commissioners, as soon as permitted by law, to levy and collect a sufficient tax to discharge the debt. The process isscted on December 25th, 1879, and was returnable and returned to spring term following. To this mandate the commissioners answered that they were only authorized by law, with a concurrence of…
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