Bledsoe v. . State
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Claim against the State, decided by the Court, at June Term 1869, and ordered to be reported to the General Assembly, for its action: (Constitution of 1868, Art. IV., s. 11.) The claimant filed his complaint in this Court at January Term. 1869, setting forth a claim against the State, for articles delivered to the “Insane Asylum,” at the dates, and for the prices specified below, the latter being “in gold coin ”: 1864. April 1st to August 2d, 859 1-12 cords pine wood, at…
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Claim against the State, decided by the Court, at June Term 1869, and ordered to be reported to the General Assembly, for its action: (Constitution of 1868, Art. IV., s. 11.) The claimant filed his complaint in this Court at January Term. 1869, setting forth a claim against the State, for articles delivered to the “Insane Asylum,” at the dates, and for the prices specified below, the latter being “in gold coin ”: 1864. April 1st to August 2d, 859 1-12 cords pine wood, at 15.00. 1863. Oct. 1st to 31st, 198| barrels of corn, at $4,65. Oct. 14th to 31st, 902|- bushels sweet potatoes, at $0.58.…
1Opinion of the CourtReade, J.
The Constitution provides, that “The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction to hear .claims against the State; hut its decision shall he merely recoin-' mendatory: no process in the nature of execution shall issue thereon: they shall he reported to the next General Assembly for its action. “Art. 4, s. 11. In the 10th section it is provided that “the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to review upon any appeal, any decisions' of the Courts below, upon any matter of law or legal inference: hut no issue of fact shall he tried before this Court.”
Construing the two sections together, we…
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