Evans v. Commissioners of Cumberland
Supreme Court of North Carolina
MotioN for an injunction heard at Fall Term, 1883, of Cmr-BESJiAND Superior Court, before McKoy, J. The plaintiff appealed from the refusal of the judge to grant the injunction.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The general assembly at its last session passed an act ratified and taking effect on March 8th, 1883, entitled “An act to enable the people of Cumberland county to establish a free bridge over the Cape Fear river at or near the town of Fayette-ville,North Carolina,” the recital of the substance of which is necessary td a proper understanding of the case on appeal.
It directs the county commissioners, on petition from not less than five hundred voters presented on or before the first Monday in April, to submit the question of a free bridge to the qualified voters of the county at an election…
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