Ellis v. Trustees of the Graded School of Oxford
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from 0. H. Allen, J., at August Term, 1911, of GRANVILLE. Civil action beard on case agreed. Defendants, tbe Trustees of tbe Graded School of tbe Town of Oxford, N. 0., Inc., having determined to issue bonds to tbe amount of $20,000 as a debt of said Graded School District, Incorporated, and having-advertised same for sale, tbe plaintiff, a citizen and taxpayer of tbe town, instituted tbe present action to restrain tbe said bond issue, claiming that said proposed…
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Appeal from 0. H. Allen, J., at August Term, 1911, of GRANVILLE. Civil action beard on case agreed. Defendants, tbe Trustees of tbe Graded School of tbe Town of Oxford, N. 0., Inc., having determined to issue bonds to tbe amount of $20,000 as a debt of said Graded School District, Incorporated, and having-advertised same for sale, tbe plaintiff, a citizen and taxpayer of tbe town, instituted tbe present action to restrain tbe said bond issue, claiming that said proposed action was unlawful because tbe proposition bad not been approved by tbe vote of tbe people. Tbe court, being of opinion…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
On tbe bearing, it was made to appear that tbe General Assembly, by chapter 333, Laws of 1903, bad incorporated tbe Graded School District of tbe Town of Oxford, conferring upon tbe board of trustees tbe power of general supervision and control of school matters within said district, and among other things making provision as follows: “Tbe said board of graded school trustees hereby created shall be a body politic and corporate, by tbe name and style of Tbe Board of Graded School Trustees of tbe Town of Oxford, and by that name shall be capable of receiving gifts and grants, purchasing and…
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