Glenn v. Commissioners.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by E. E. Glenn against Board of Commissioners, pending in tlie Superior Court of Moobb County, beard by Judge Walter II.
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ActioN by E. E. Glenn against Board of Commissioners, pending in tlie Superior Court of Moobb County, beard by Judge Walter II. Neal, at Chambers, at Monroe, on the 28th day of August, 1905. This is an action prosecuted by plaintiff in his individual right, and as a tax payer of Moore County, for the purpose of having a mandamus directed to the defendant board of commissioners, commanding it to repair a public bridge over Deep Biver, and an injunction restraining said defendant from erecting another bridge over said river, some distance below the present one. The cause coming on to be heard…
1Opinion of the Court
CONNOR, J.,
after stating the facts: Two causes of action are set forth in the complaint, although not stated separately as directed by The Code. The plaintiff first relies upon the contract made with his ancestor, during the year 1882, by which he insists that the county of Moore is obligated to maintain and keep in repair the public bridge across Deep River, which was, pursuant to said contract, built by his father, who then owned the land upon which he erected a public mill. That performance of this contract may be specifically enforced by the writ of mandamus. This claim is entirely…
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