Claybrook v. Commissioners
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an actiox brought by Jasper Glaybroolc and others, citizens of the town of Stoneville, to the Fall Term of the Superior Court of Rockingham County, against the Board of County Commissioners of Rockingham county, to test the validity of an election held in said town under chapter 87 of the Laws of 1887, for a subscription of $5,000 to the capital"stock of the Roanoke & Southern Railway Company, and for injunctive relief against the issue or sale of such bonds, and…
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This was an actiox brought by Jasper Glaybroolc and others, citizens of the town of Stoneville, to the Fall Term of the Superior Court of Rockingham County, against the Board of County Commissioners of Rockingham county, to test the validity of an election held in said town under chapter 87 of the Laws of 1887, for a subscription of $5,000 to the capital"stock of the Roanoke & Southern Railway Company, and for injunctive relief against the issue or sale of such bonds, and against the further collection of taxes to pay the interest thereon. A temporary injunction was issued returnable during…
1Opinion of the Court
MacRae, J.:
The provisions of the act to incorporate the Roanoke & Southern Railway Company (Laws 1887, ch. 87) which are applicable to our present .inquiry are substantial^ as follows: Any town through or near which the said road may run may subscribe for and hold stock in said company, when authorized so to do by a majority of all the qualified voters of such town, under the provisions of the *456said act. Upon presentation of a petition, signed by at least twenty resident tax-payers of any town, to the Board of Commissioners of any county in which said town is situated, requesting said…
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