Cline v. City of Hickory

The following question of law is presented: Does the city of Hickory have power to make the lease described in the findings of fact?.The charter of the city of Hickory is chapter 68 of the Public Laws of 1913. It is provided “that this charter shall be deemed a public act and judicial notice shall be taken thereof in all courts and places whether or not the same has been pleaded or read in evidence.” Section 1 of the charter empowers the city of Hickory to “acquire and hold such property, real and personal, as may be devised, bequeathed, sold, or in any manner conveyed to it, and may invest,…