Reeves v. . State
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Claims against the State — Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. This was a Claim against the State, filed in the Supreme Court ou March 7th, 1885, in accordance with the provisions of Art. IV, §9 of the Constitution, and heard at October Term, 1885. The petition alleged that the claimant had furnished to one Troy, the agent of the State for the purpose of providing for the convicts working on the Western Division of the Western North Carolina Railroad, firewood of the value of…
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Claims against the State — Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. This was a Claim against the State, filed in the Supreme Court ou March 7th, 1885, in accordance with the provisions of Art. IV, §9 of the Constitution, and heard at October Term, 1885. The petition alleged that the claimant had furnished to one Troy, the agent of the State for the purpose of providing for the convicts working on the Western Division of the Western North Carolina Railroad, firewood of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars, for the use of the convicts, and that no part thereof had been paid. The State filed an…
1Opinion of the CourtMerrimon, J.
It seems to us that the alleged claim of the petitioner against the State, is not such a one as the Court ought to take original jurisdiction of. As has been repeatedly said, the purpose of the Constitution, Ai’t. IV, §9, is not to impose upon it the duty of passing upon any and all claims that a party may prefer against the State, especially when such claims involve mainly questions or issues of fact, and no questions of law of doubt or serious importance; it contemplates that only such claims as present serious questions of law shall be heard here, and to facilitate this purpose, the Court…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bledsoe v. . StateSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1870
- Sinclair, Owens Brown v. . State of N.C.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1873
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Garner v. . WorthSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
- Miller v. State.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Cohoon v. . StateSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1931