State Ex Rel. Bryan v. Patrick
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN for the recovery of the offices of President and Directors of tbe Atlantic and North Carolina Eailroad Company, tried before Dolce, J., upon facts agreed, at Spring Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of Edgecombe County.
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Civil ActioN for the recovery of the offices of President and Directors of tbe Atlantic and North Carolina Eailroad Company, tried before Dolce, J., upon facts agreed, at Spring Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of Edgecombe County. The following are the facts agreed: 1. That the Atlantic and North Carolina Eailroad Company is a corporation, duly created and organized under the laws of. the State of North Carolina, and that the said State owns two-thirds of the capital stock in said Company, and is entitled to appoint eight of the Directors in said Company through the Board of Internal…
1Opinion of the Court
Fairoloth, C. J.,
renders the opinion of the Court in this case and in the succeeding case No. 2, dependent upon the same facts agreed, the decision below being in favor of H. P. Dorth, the appointee of the new Internal Improvement Board.
MONTGOMERY, J., renders dissenting opinion. OlaRK, J., renders dissenting opinion. Furches, J., renders concurring opinion. Fairoloth, C. J.
This action is for the possession and control of the property of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company. From the agreed facts and admissions we are informed as follows: That said road was chartered in 1852, and…
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