Heckert v. Aberdeen Graded School
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiffs from Broch, J., at chambers in Wadesboro, 30 November, 1922, from Mooee. Civil action to restrain the defendants from issuing and offering for sale certain school bonds, upon the alleged ground that the elections, under which the district in question was enlarged and the bonds approved by a majority of the qualified voters resident within the enlarged district, were illegally held, and are therefore void.
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Appeal by plaintiffs from Broch, J., at chambers in Wadesboro, 30 November, 1922, from Mooee. Civil action to restrain the defendants from issuing and offering for sale certain school bonds, upon the alleged ground that the elections, under which the district in question was enlarged and the bonds approved by a majority of the qualified voters resident within the enlarged district, were illegally held, and are therefore void. From an order denying the application for relief, plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStagy, J.
On 5 June, 1922, the trustees of the Aberdeen Graded School District petitioned the board of education and board of commissioners of Moore County to enlarge the boundaries of said district and to include therein certain contiguous territory, which embraced Pine Bluff Graded School District and other territory, in which there was not levied at that time any special tax for schools. Pursuant to this petition, an election was ordered and held on 11 July, 1922, in the territory proposed to be annexed; that is, 'in the Pine Bluff district and in tbe nonspecial tax territory, and at said election a…
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