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State v. McGee

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 6, 1953No. 508PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

75 S.E.2d 783 (1953)

237 N.C. 633

STATE

v.

McGEE.

No. 508.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 6, 1953.

Richard M. Welling, Welling & Welling, and Maurice A. Weinstein, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., Claude L. Love, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Gerald F. White, Member of Staff, Raleigh, for the State.

DENNY, Justice.

The right of a municipality to enact and enforce ordinances relative to the observance of Sunday must be delegated, if it exists, by the Legislature. Municipal corporations have no inherent police powers and can exercise only those conferred by statute. Kass v.…

2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Butchers' Benevolent Ass'n v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
  2. Magoun v. Illinois Trust & Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Camfield v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. MatthewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  5. Hennington v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1896

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. High Point Surplus Company v. PleasantsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
  3. G I Surplus Store, Inc. v. HunterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
  4. Charles Stores Company v. TuckerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
  5. State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965

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