Bell v. Commissioners of Johnston County
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action, by R. C. Bell against Commissioners of Johnston County and others, heard upon complaint and demurrer ore tenuSj by Judge W. S. O’B. Robinson, at Eall Term, 1900, of Johnston Superior Court. Erom judgment sustaining the demurrer, the plaintiff appealed.
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Civil Action, by R. C. Bell against Commissioners of Johnston County and others, heard upon complaint and demurrer ore tenuSj by Judge W. S. O’B. Robinson, at Eall Term, 1900, of Johnston Superior Court. Erom judgment sustaining the demurrer, the plaintiff appealed. Tbe plaintiff alleges: 1. That he is a citizen of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. 2. That the said town of Selma was duly incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina of the years 1812 and 1873 and the acts amendatory thereof, having the various powers and duties under The Code of North Carolina, chapter 62, as…
1Opinion of the Court
MONTGOMERY and DOUGLAS, JJ., concur in the result, but not in the opinion. This was an action for tort. Upon demurrerore tenus it was properly dismissed, both as to the defendants, the county commissioners of Johnston, officially as representing the county, and as to them individually. In the latter aspect, the complaint sets out no allegations of fact which amount to a cause of action against them personally for neglect of duty, under Code, sec. 711, but the averments are against the county commissioners in their corporate capacity, i. e., against the county, for their failure to establish…
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