Commissioners of Bladen County v. Boring
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, tried before Bond, J., at December Term, 1917, of ■BladeN. Under tbe provisions of chapter 336, Public-Local Laws of 1915, three 'townships in Bladen County have voted for the issue of bonds for the improvement of the roads in the township, to the amount of $27,500, ■and the county commissioners sold the bonds to defendant and offered to execute the same on behalf of the townships and to endorse them on ’.behalf of the county as provided in the act.
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Civil actioN, tried before Bond, J., at December Term, 1917, of ■BladeN. Under tbe provisions of chapter 336, Public-Local Laws of 1915, three 'townships in Bladen County have voted for the issue of bonds for the improvement of the roads in the township, to the amount of $27,500, ■and the county commissioners sold the bonds to defendant and offered to execute the same on behalf of the townships and to endorse them on ’.behalf of the county as provided in the act. The defendant refuses to comply with Ms contract of purchase, alleging that, the commissioners, have no right to endorse the bonds…
1Opinion of the Court
"Walkbe, J.,
after stating the case: One question in this case is whether it is governed by the principle stated and applied in Commissioners v. State Treasurer, 174 N. C., 141. We are unable to distinguish the two cases. The following we consider to be a fair statement of the substance of that decision:
First. Under Laws of 1917, ch. 6, sec. 20, providing that townships and road districts created by special act of the General Assembly may avail themselves of the benefits of the chapter, a statute designed to enable the State to lend its aid to road building and maintenance in counties,…
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