Satterthwaite v. . Comm'r of Beaufort Cty.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
■County Commissioners ~ Necessary Expenses of County — Parties. This was a CONTROVERSY submitted without action under the Code of Civil Procedure and heard on the 17th of October, 1876, at Chambers, before Moore, J. Upon application of citizens of Washington and Choco-Avinity Townships in Beaufort county, the defendant Board of Commissioners declared that a free bridge across Pamlico river at the town of Washington, was a public necessity and a proper charge of said county.
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■County Commissioners ~ Necessary Expenses of County — Parties. This was a CONTROVERSY submitted without action under the Code of Civil Procedure and heard on the 17th of October, 1876, at Chambers, before Moore, J. Upon application of citizens of Washington and Choco-Avinity Townships in Beaufort county, the defendant Board of Commissioners declared that a free bridge across Pamlico river at the town of Washington, was a public necessity and a proper charge of said county. Lt was thereupon ordered that bonds be issued to the amount of $7,000, and appropriated for the construction of said…
1Opinion of the Court
PearsoN, C. •!.
“Who is to decide what are the necessary expenses of a County ? The County Commissioners, to whom is confided the trust of regulating all County matters. Repairing and building bridges is a part of the necessary expenses of a County, as much so as keeping the roads in order or making new” roads, &c.” Broadnax v. Groom, 64 N. C. 244, where the matter is fully discussed.
The defendants say, that acting as “the Board of Commissioners,” they were satisfied that it had become a necessary expense of the County to provide a free bridge across the river at Washington so as to relieve…
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