Mayo v. Commissioners of Washington
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action brought at Fall Term, 1897, of Beaufort Superior Court to enjoin the issue of bonds of the town of Washington for the erection of an electric light plant, and heard before Brown, J., at Chambers in Washington, N. C., on September 4, 1897. His Honor refused the injunction and plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
The defendant is a municipal corporation containing a population of about 5,000 inhabitants. By its charter it was given the general powers incident to such corporations in the following words: That the commissioners of the town of Washington (naming them) and their successors in office "be and they are hereby created a corporation and a body politic under the name and title of the Commissioners of the Town of Washington, with full power to make by-laws not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State or of the United States; to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brodnax v. GroomSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1870
- Union Bank of Richmond v. Commissioners of OxfordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
- City of Crawfordsville v. BradenIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
- Commissioners of Stanly County v. SnuggsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
- Jones v. . BoydSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Keeter v. Town of Lake LureSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
- Black v. CommissionersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
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