Town of Murphy v. C. A. Webb & Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Ohekokee, beard by Webb, J., upon case agreed, at chambers in Murphy, 16 September, 1911. This case was brought to test the validity of certain bonds issued by the plaintiff for the purpose of extending or enlarging its water and sewerage system and of making street improvements, and was beard in the court below upon the following ease agreed: 1. The plaintiff is a municipal corporation, chartered by the name aforesaid and organized under and by virtue of chapter…
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Appeal from Ohekokee, beard by Webb, J., upon case agreed, at chambers in Murphy, 16 September, 1911. This case was brought to test the validity of certain bonds issued by the plaintiff for the purpose of extending or enlarging its water and sewerage system and of making street improvements, and was beard in the court below upon the following ease agreed: 1. The plaintiff is a municipal corporation, chartered by the name aforesaid and organized under and by virtue of chapter 239 of the Private Laws of 1889, and the acts amendatory thereof, and especially chapter 381 of the Private Laws of…
1Opinion of the Court
WalxeR, J.,
after stating the case: It is thoroughly well settled by our own decisions that, for the necessary expenses of a county or town, bonds may be issued without a .vote of the people authorizing the same, and the purposes for.which the bonds in question were issued fall within the class of necessary expenses. Fawcett v. Mount Airy, 134 N. C., 125; Wadsworth v. Concord, 133 N. C., 587; Robinson v. Goldsboro, 135 N. C., 382; Commissioners v. Webb, 148 N. C., 122; Bradshaw v. High Point, 151 N. C., 517; Ellison v. Williamston, 152 N. C., 147. But while this power which resides in the…
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