State Ex Rel. North Carolina Utilities Commission v. City of Wilson

Decision on this appeal turns upon the answer to this question: Did the Judge of Superior Court err as matters of law in holding that Chapter 685 of the 1959 Session Laws is constitutional and of retroactive effect.

This act is captioned “An Act to validate certain agreements between telephone companies and municipalities and to make provision for future agreements.” Sec. 1 of the act provides that “any franchise agreement or other arrangement heretofore made between any telephone company and any municipality in which the telephone company has agreed to furnish certain telephone service or…