Wilson v. . Board of Aldermen of Charlotte
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Tiiis was a Contboveesy, submitted without action, to his Honor Judge Sohenok, at the Spring Term, 1875, of the Superior Court of MeokleNbubg county, and determined upon the following facts: Certain persons, citizens and residents of the city of Charlotte, who are tax payers, being advised that they are not subject to be taxed on account of debts and securities for money held by them, and lately demanded for the year 1875, having proposed to the Board of Aldermen of said…
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Tiiis was a Contboveesy, submitted without action, to his Honor Judge Sohenok, at the Spring Term, 1875, of the Superior Court of MeokleNbubg county, and determined upon the following facts: Certain persons, citizens and residents of the city of Charlotte, who are tax payers, being advised that they are not subject to be taxed on account of debts and securities for money held by them, and lately demanded for the year 1875, having proposed to the Board of Aldermen of said city to submit the matter in controvers}r, without action, upon a case agreed — the said Joseph H. Wilson representing…
1DissentBynum, J.
I concur in the opinion of the court except that part of it, witli its results, which puts a construction upon Art. YII, sec. 7, of the Constitution. I regard that clause, rightly understood, as the most important and beneficial provision in it, and believe that the ultimate solvency of these corporations, depends upon the vigorous enforcement of this salutary provision. To my mind, the construction presents no difficulty whatever, except 'that which grows out of a mistaken idea, that constitutions must be short and sententious, at the sacrifice of perspicuity. The obscurity of this section…
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- Weinstein v. Commissioners of the City of NewbernSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1874