King v. Raleigh & Pamlico Sound Railroad

Clakk, O. J.

Tbe complaint alleges tbat tbe plaintiff was editor of a newspaper, and “(2) tbat during February, 1902, tbe defendant company, then trying to secure aid in building a line of railroad from Ealeigb to some-point on Pamlico Sound, applied to tbe plaintiff to secure the columns of his paper and bis personal service in trying to carry elections along tbe route of tbe proposed road by wbicb bonds were to be issued for tbe use and benefit of said road, and to gain for said rpad tbe good will of tbe citizens along said road and in other ways assist tbe managers and directors of said…