Hall v. Commissioners of Duplin County

The main question presented by the appeal is whether or not Duplin County has authority under the law to issue bonds for the “erection and purchase of schoolhouses” as specified by chapter 81, Public Laws 1927, see. 8, subsec. (a). The identical question was considered by this Court in Frazier v. Comrs., ante, p. 49. Justice Connor, writing for the Court, declares the law thus: “The counties of the State are authorized by this statute to issue bonds and notes for the erection of schoolhouses and for the purchase of land necessary for school purposes, and to levy taxes for the payment of the…