Board of Commissioners v. Malone
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION, beard on case agreed, before Finley, J., at December Term, 1919, of BuNcombe. The action is to collect the purchase money bid by defendant for $40,000 of municipal bonds of "Weaverville Public School District, and $50,000 of the Emma Special School Tax District of said county. Defendant having declined to- pay on the ground that said bonds did not constitute valid obligations of said districts, etc.
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Civil ACTION, beard on case agreed, before Finley, J., at December Term, 1919, of BuNcombe. The action is to collect the purchase money bid by defendant for $40,000 of municipal bonds of "Weaverville Public School District, and $50,000 of the Emma Special School Tax District of said county. Defendant having declined to- pay on the ground that said bonds did not constitute valid obligations of said districts, etc. There was judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
Under ch. 722, Public-Local Laws 1915, the commissioners of Buncombe County are authorized to issue coupon bonds in behalf of any general or special school tax district of the county on approval of the majority of the qualified voters of the district “for the purpose of repairing, altering, making additions to, or erecting new buildings, or for purchasing schoolhouse sites or playgrounds,” etc. The statute provides that the election to determine the question shall be ordered on petition of 25 per cent of the qualified voters of the district, and approved by the county board of education, and…
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