Norfolk Southern Railroad v. Reid

Tbe plaintiff bases its claim to injunctive relief on tbe ground tbat tbe tax levied for general county purposes is in excess of tbe constitutional limitation, and therefore illegal. C. S., 858, 7979. There is no suggestion tbat tbe tax was levied in breach of Article VII, section 7, of tbe Constitution, or tbat tbe maintenance of tbe county borne and tbe building and repairing of bridges do not involve a necessary expense. Long v. Comrs., 76 N. C., 273; Herring v. Dixon, 122 N. C., 420. But tbe plaintiff says tbat tbe act purporting to authorize the levy of an annual tax in addition to tbe…