Sprague v. Commissioners of Wake County
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from 0. II. Allen, J., at April Term, 1914, of Wake. Tbis was a civil action brought by the plaintiff on behalf of himself and all other citizens and taxpayers of Raleigh Township, Wake County, to enjoin the board of county commissioners of Wake County from preparing and issuing $50,000 of school bonds of Raleigh Township, the cause being heard in the Superior Court of Wake County, upon an agreed statement of facts, a jury trial having -been waived.
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Appeal by plaintiff from 0. II. Allen, J., at April Term, 1914, of Wake. Tbis was a civil action brought by the plaintiff on behalf of himself and all other citizens and taxpayers of Raleigh Township, Wake County, to enjoin the board of county commissioners of Wake County from preparing and issuing $50,000 of school bonds of Raleigh Township, the cause being heard in the Superior Court of Wake County, upon an agreed statement of facts, a jury trial having -been waived. Judgment was rendered in-favor of the defendants, and the plaintiffs excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
Our Constitution, Art. VII, sec. I, contains provision that “No county, city, town, or other municipal corporation shall contract any debt, pledge its faith or loan its credit, nor shall any tax be levied or collected by any officer of the same, except for the necessary expenses thereof, unless by a vote of the majority of the qualified voters therein,” and it is the accepted interpretation of this provision that the words “majority of the qualified voters therein” mean a majority of all the persons who are duly qualified to vote in a given district or township, etc. In the present instance…
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