Edwards v. Commissioners of Greene County
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from order dissolving restraining order by Bond, J., beard at chambers 19 October, 1915; from Beaufort. Civil action, heard on motion to dissolve a preliminary restraining order.
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Appeal by plaintiff from order dissolving restraining order by Bond, J., beard at chambers 19 October, 1915; from Beaufort. Civil action, heard on motion to dissolve a preliminary restraining order. The action was to restrain' the defendant commissioners from spending certain moneys held by them, part of the proceeds of a bond issue for laying out, etc., the roads of a township, pursuant to ch. 122, Laws 1913. On considering the affidavits offered for and against the motion, the court entered judgment that the restraining order be dissolved, and plaintiff excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoKE, J.
Chapter 122, Public Laws 1913, establishes a scheme by. which the roads of the different townships may be “laid out, established, repaired, graded, constructed and improved in any way,” and provides for a bond issue for the purpose when authorized by a vote of the people of the locality affected; sec. 1 of the act providing, among other things,“That the bonds so issued by the commissioners of the county shall be paid by the township for which they are issued and shall not be chargeable against any property or polls outside of said township. The board of county commissioners, in performing the…
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