Big Bear of North Carolina, Inc. v. City of High Point

ARNOLD, Judge.

Plaintiffs assign error to the findings of fact and conclusions of law by-the trial court. They argue that payments for collection of trash and garbage were under such compulsion or coercion as to make the payments involuntary. The City’s position is that since plaintiffs had voluntarily purchased the dumpster boxes prior to enactment of the ordinance the only involuntary act by plaintiffs was the payment of the fees, and that the portion of the ordinance requiring payment of fees for dumpster services was not found to be invalid.

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