Brumley v. Baxter

The taxpayers’ suit to restrain the proposed donation by the City of Charlotte of valuable real property for the purpose of providing recreational facilities for persons who are now serving in the armed forces of the United States, or who have served in the war recently ended, presents questions of (1) the power of the General Assembly to authorize the gift, and (2) the power of the city to execute the deed, (3) in the form proposed.

*696At the outset it may be said that there seems to be no constitutional limitation upon the power of the General Assembly to create a corporation for a public…