Tate v. . Bates

The complaint was as follows:

The plaintiff above named, complaining of the defendants above named, says, for a first cause of action:

1. That the plaintiff, S. McD. Tate, was, on 20 November, 1892, and continually since has been, and still is, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina, and, as such treasurer, is, under the Constitution and laws of said State, charged with the trust and duty of suing for and collecting all money due to the State; and the said Tate is successor in office of one Donald W. Bain, now deceased, who for many years prior to 10 November, 1892, was treasurer of the said…