State v. Turner

Defendant contends that the indictment is fatally defective in that it fails to allege that the owner of the property allegedly stolen is either a natural person or a legal entity capable of owning property. This contention is without merit. Chapter 352 of the 1913 Private Laws of North Carolina provides in Section 1, at page 1044, as follows:

“That the name of the town of Hendersonville, in Henderson County, be changed to The City of Hendersonville, which shall be a municipal corporation, . . .”

In Section 2, beginning on page 1044, it is provided:

“The city of Hendersonville shall have all of…