Cleveland Cotton Mills v. Commissioners of Cleveland County
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, tried at Fall Term, 1890, of the Superior Court of CLEVELAND County, before Brown, J. The plaintiffs contracted in writing with the defendants to construct for the latter a bridge across First Broad River in the county of Cleveland, and the latter stipulated and promised to pay the former for the same the actual cost of the the bridge; the price was not otherwise specified.
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Civil action, tried at Fall Term, 1890, of the Superior Court of CLEVELAND County, before Brown, J. The plaintiffs contracted in writing with the defendants to construct for the latter a bridge across First Broad River in the county of Cleveland, and the latter stipulated and promised to pay the former for the same the actual cost of the the bridge; the price was not otherwise specified. A majority of the Justices of the Peace of that county, not in session with the defendants at the time, signed a paper-writing in which they “ do by our (their) signatures ratify and confirm and concur in the…
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The plaintiffs contracted in writing with the defendants to construct for the latter a bridge across First Broad River, in the county of Cleveland, and the latter stipulated and promised to pay the former for the same the actual cost of the bridge; the price was not otherwise specified. A majority of the justices of the peace of that county, not in session with the defendants at the time, signed a paper-writing, in which they "do by our (their) signatures ratify and confirm and concur in the above contract, made on 21 May, 1888, between the County Commissioners of Cleveland County and…
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