Martin County v. Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Qonnor, J., at Chambers, 14 August, 1919 ; from MaetiN. This is a controversy submitted without action upon facts agreed, and involves the validity of $150,000 bonds proposed to be issued 'by the county of Martin under authority of Public-Local Laws 1919, ch. 53, entitled “An act to authorize the boards of commissioners of Martin and Bertie counties to build a bridge over the Roanoke River at Wil-liamston, N. C., and for other purposes.”
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Appeal by defendant from Qonnor, J., at Chambers, 14 August, 1919 ; from MaetiN. This is a controversy submitted without action upon facts agreed, and involves the validity of $150,000 bonds proposed to be issued 'by the county of Martin under authority of Public-Local Laws 1919, ch. 53, entitled “An act to authorize the boards of commissioners of Martin and Bertie counties to build a bridge over the Roanoke River at Wil-liamston, N. C., and for other purposes.” The defendant put in the highest bid for this issue, $160,669.50 and accrued interest to date of delivery, which bid was accepted by…
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, O. J.
This is a controversy submitted upon an agreed case, without action, relating to a proposed issue of $150,000 of bonds of Martin County for tbe purpose of paying tbe county’s share of tbe cost of building a bridge at Williamston over tbe Roanoke River, which divides Martin and Bertie counties, including tbe causeway or continuation of tbe bridge through tbe swamp on tbe Bertie side to tbe highlands.
It is provided that tbe entire work 'is to be constructed by the two counties jointly, at their joint expense, with Federal and State aid. Tbe proposed road or approach on the Bertie…
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