Southern Railway Co. v. City of Raleigh

The pertinent facts and the rules of law applicable to them are accurately stated in the opinion of the Court of Appeals. (9 N.C. App. 305). On the appeal here, the City of Raleigh has urgently contended: (1) Chapter 839, Session Laws of 1965 is a general law and does not repeal Raleigh’s Charter provisions which authorize the City to assess against plaintiff’s right-of-way lots Nos. 4,12 and 13 the cost of paving South Blount Street; and (2) the Legislature is without constitutional authority to exempt the plaintiff’s right-of-way property from the paving assessment, citing as authority the…