Plymouth v. Cooper.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AotioN by tbe Town of Plymouth against W. D. Cooper, heard by Judge W. B. Council, at Pall Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Washington County.
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AotioN by tbe Town of Plymouth against W. D. Cooper, heard by Judge W. B. Council, at Pall Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Washington County. This action comes up on a special verdict, of which the following are the material parts: That on July 20, 1903, and for many years prior thereto, the defendant was and had been and still is a resident of Eoper, N. C., a village nine miles from Plymouth, N. O. That said defendant was on said July 20, 1903, engaged in livery business at Roper, N. C., having obtained from the county and State the license required by law. That several days prior to…
1Dissent
Montgomery; J.,
dissenting. For a violation of an ordinance of tbe town of Plymouth tbe defendant was convicted in tbe Mayor’s court, sentenced to pay tbe fine imposed by tbe ordinance, and appealed to tbe Superior Court of Washington County. In that Court tbe jury rendered a special verdict, tbe material facts found being as follows: That on June 1, 1903, tbe town commissioners passed an ordinance as follows: “On livery stables and persons keeping a horse or horses for hire, or doing any livery business or hiring of horses in tbe town, $7.50. This shall include any person making contracts for…
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