Graves v. Commissioners.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by G. C. Graves and others against the Board of Commissioners of Moobe County, heard by Judge M. H. Justice, at Chambers, in Carthage, November, 1903. The Carthage Railroad Company was chartered by chapter 215, Laws of 1885. By section I of said act the Corn-missioners of Moore County, or any township through which said railroad might pass, were authorized to subscribe to its capital stock such an amount as, upon a vote at an election to be held as in said act…
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ActioN by G. C. Graves and others against the Board of Commissioners of Moobe County, heard by Judge M. H. Justice, at Chambers, in Carthage, November, 1903. The Carthage Railroad Company was chartered by chapter 215, Laws of 1885. By section I of said act the Corn-missioners of Moore County, or any township through which said railroad might pass, were authorized to subscribe to its capital stock such an amount as, upon a vote at an election to be held as in said act provided, should be named. The said commissioners upon taking such vote were authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the CourtCoNNOR, J.
The defendant concedes that his Honor’s ruling in respect to the invalidity of chapter 215, Laws 1885, is sustained by the decisions of this Court in Bank v. Comrs., 119 N. C., 214; Comrs. v. Snuggs, 121 N. C., 394, 39 L. R. A., 439; Rodman v. Washington, 122 N. C., 39; Comrs. v. Payne, 123 N. C., 432; but contends that said bonds are valid under the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States in Comrs. of Wilkes v. Coler, 190 U. S., 107, and Comrs. of Stanly v. Coler, 190 U. S., 437. They say that prior to the passage of the Act of 1885, chapter 215, and the issuance and sale of the…
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