Barbour v. County of Wake

Tbe plaintiff assigned error as follows: “1. For that tbe court erred in not bolding tbat tbe issuance of tbe $200,000 of bonds is unlawful and should be enjoined.” We cannot so bold.

Constitution of N. C., Art. YII, sec. 7, is as follows: “No county, city, town or other municipal corporation shall contract any debt, pledge its faith or loan its credit, nor shall any tax be levied or collected by any officers of the same except for the necessary expenses thereof, unless by a vote of the majority of the qualified voters therein.”

It has been held in this jurisdiction that the construction and…