Union Bank of Richmond v. Board of Com'rs
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern North Carolina
This was an action by the Union Bank of Richmond, Ya., against the board of commissioners of Oxford, a town of North Carolina, to enforce' the collection of municipal bonds.
1Opinion of the Court
PURNELL, District Judge.
The facts agreed present the following case: The town of Oxford was a duly-chartered municipal corporation under the laws of North Carolina, authorized to sue and to be sued, etc., as “the Board of Commissioners of Oxford.” In 1891 the general assembly of North Carolina passed an act to incorporate the Oxford & Coast Line Railroad Company, which act passed the senate in compliance with the requirements of the constitution; but in the house, it appears by the journal, the bill passed its second *8and third reading on the same day, and the ayes and nays were not entered on…
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