Shepherd v. Commissioners of Wake
Supreme Court of North Carolina
CONTROVERSY without action under The Code, §567, heard at Spring Term, 1884, of Wake Superior Court, before Avery, J. The facts upon which this controversy is submitted are as follows: The plaintiff, a duly elected and qualified judge of the superior court, held the January term, 1884, of said court, beginning on the 7th day of January, 1884, and continuing for three weeks.
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CONTROVERSY without action under The Code, §567, heard at Spring Term, 1884, of Wake Superior Court, before Avery, J. The facts upon which this controversy is submitted are as follows: The plaintiff, a duly elected and qualified judge of the superior court, held the January term, 1884, of said court, beginning on the 7th day of January, 1884, and continuing for three weeks. In pursuance of the act of 1872-;73, ch. 1, the plaintiff claims that he is entitled to one hundred dollars a week for holding said term, and has demanded payment of the same from the defendant commissioners. The validity…
1Opinion of the CourtAsiie, J.
The constitution provides that the state shall be divided into nine judicial districts, for each of which a judge shall be chosen; and there shall be held a superior court in each county, at least twice iu each year, to continue for such time in each county as may be prescribed by law. But the general assembly may reduce or increase the number of the districts. Art. IY, §10.
By section 910 of The Code, two superior courts a year have been assigned to each county of the state, except the counties of Wake, Cumberland and Robeson; to Wake, -two additional terms are given, and to Cumberland and…
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