Harriss v. Wright
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, (being a consolidation of three separate actions), involving the title to the offices of Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wilmington, heard before McLver, J., on the pleadings and facts agreed, at April Term, 1897, of New HaNover Superior Court, The Charter of the City of Wilmington, including the several Acts amendatory thereof, in effect prior to the Act ratified the 5th day of March, 1897, provided for the division of the City into five wards; the…
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Civil action, (being a consolidation of three separate actions), involving the title to the offices of Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Wilmington, heard before McLver, J., on the pleadings and facts agreed, at April Term, 1897, of New HaNover Superior Court, The Charter of the City of Wilmington, including the several Acts amendatory thereof, in effect prior to the Act ratified the 5th day of March, 1897, provided for the division of the City into five wards; the biennial election of two-Aldermen from each of the wards; the holding of the election on the fourth Thursday of March of…
1Opinion of the Court
Faircloth, C. J.:
The three cases of Harriss v. Wright and others were, by consent, consolidated and tried as one case. Before this controversy arose, Harriss and others were the Mayor and Board of Aldermen in office; and they insist that they are the rightful owners of their offices, holding over on the ground that there has been no valid appointment or election of any successors. The defendant, AVright, claims the office of Mayor of the city of AATlmington by virtue of the Governor’s appointment under the authority of the Act of Assembly of 1897, Chapter 150, ratified March 5, 1897. The…
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