Walker v. Town of Faison

Can a city or town “contract any debt, pledge its faith, or loan its credit” for the purpose of acquiring a site for a cotton and truck platform?

Tbe issue of tbe notes by tbe defendant in payment of tbe purchase price of tbe property was not submitted to a -vote of tbe people and bence tbe validity of tbe indebtedness depends upon whether a cotton and truck platform is a “necessary municipal expense,” within tbe purview of tbe North Carolina Constitution, Art. VII, sec. 7. Tbe -law is an expanding science designed to march with tbe advancing battalions of life and progress and to safeguard…