State Ex Rel. Ewart v. Jones
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN,, in the nature of a quo warranto, heard upon a a case agreed, before Graham, J., at March Term, 1895, of BunooMbe Superior Court. There was judgment for the defendant and plaintiff appealed. The facts appear in the opinion of Faiboloth, C. J.
1Opinion of the Court
Under our form of government the sovereign power resides with the people and is exercised by their representatives in the General Assembly. The only limitation upon this power is found in the organic law, as declared by the delegates of the (571) people in convention assembled from time to time. In the Constitution of 1868 these limitations are found, bearing upon judicial questions, mainly in Article IV; and in section 4 the judicial power is vested in a Court for the trial of impeachments, a Supreme Court, Superior Courts, Courts of Justices of the Peace and Special Courts, and the power of…
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