City of Asheville v. Herbert

The controversy is restricted to the question whether the city of Asheville can make a valid private sale of this land. It is admitted that 0. S., 2688, has.not been complied with. The charter of plaintiff city is set out in Private Laws 1923, ch. 16, and in sec. 1 thereof, among its enumerated corporate powers is the power to acquire and hold “all such property, real and personal as may be devised, bequeathed or in any manner conveyed to it, and may invest, sell or dispose of same.” This charter of the plaintiff is a reenactment and a consolidation of its charters of Public Laws 1883, ch.…