Goswick v. City of Durham

The plaintiffs contend that it sufficiently appears from the figures and mathematical calculations contained in the exhibits offered, evidencing the fiscal affairs of the city of Durham as of 30 June, 1936, upon which the findings of fact and the judgment of the court were based, thai the funds used for the purchase of land for the municipal airport were derived in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes, and that therefore the purchase should be held invalid and the property required to be sold and the proceeds converted back into the city treasury for the benefit of the taxpayers in the…