Nash v. . Tarboro

The plaintiff, a taxpayer in the Town of Tarboro, brought this action on his own behalf and that of the other taxpayers similarly situated to restrain the municipality from issuing bonds and levying taxes for the acquisition or construction of a hotel in the town, which it proposed to own and maintain, and from the levy of taxes to retire said bonds. The plaintiff contends that the proposed action is in contravention of Article V, Section 3, of the Constitution, requiring that taxes be levied and collected only for a public purpose.

The Session Laws of 1945, Chapter 413, purports to authorize…