Vaughn v. Commissioners of Forsyth County
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN fob an injunction, pending in Forsytt-i Superior Court, beard before Norwood, “ That plaintiff is a citizen and tax payer of Forsyth -comity, and defendant is the owner of a valuable loi of ground in the city of "Winston, formerly used as a courthouse seat; that a court-house until recently stood thereon.
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ActioN fob an injunction, pending in Forsytt-i Superior Court, beard before Norwood, “ That plaintiff is a citizen and tax payer of Forsyth -comity, and defendant is the owner of a valuable loi of ground in the city of "Winston, formerly used as a courthouse seat; that a court-house until recently stood thereon. When it was found entirely insufficient for the wants of Forsyth county, and that the public business and convenience required a larger and more coimno'dious building, for the purpose of constructing a building more suitable to the wants of the public, the court-house which stood -on…
1Opinion of the Court
Avery, J :
The right to contract the contemplated bonded indebtedness has already been passed upon. Vaughn v. Commissioners, 117 N. C., 429. It may be that this or the former action was brought for the purpose of extracting advice from the Court, but nothing appears upon the face of the record to show that it is not a bona fide controversy between parties, as it was properly constituted below and brought up for review according to the regular course of the court. This. Court has no right to indulge in or act upon mere conjecture.
A County is a governmental agency created in part at least for…
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