Cudd v. Calvert
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Spartanburg, September, 1898. Action for injunction by J. N. Cudd et al. v. Arch. B. Calvert, mayor of Spartanburg, et al., on the following complaint : The plaintiff, complaining of the defendant, alleges : x.
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Before Townsend, J., Spartanburg, September, 1898. Action for injunction by J. N. Cudd et al. v. Arch. B. Calvert, mayor of Spartanburg, et al., on the following complaint : The plaintiff, complaining of the defendant, alleges : x. That the city of Spartanburg is a municipal corporation duly chartered and existing under and by virtue of the laws of this State, and as such is governed by a mayor and six aldermen; and that 'the above named J. R. Bain, J. O. Erwin, S. T. McCravy, James Cofield, T. L. Lytle, and J. D. Boyd, are the duly elected and qualified aldermen of said city, and as such…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
By an act approved 8th June, 1877, 16 Stat., 272, it was declared, amongst other things, in section 1, “that for the purpose of constructing a railroad from the town of Spartanburg to the North Carolina line, in the direction of Rutherfordton, N. C, a company may be formed with a capital stock of not more than $500,000, to be known as the Spartanburg and Rutherford Railroad Company,” &c. By the 2d section, commissioners were appointed to open books of subscription for the purpose of raising the capital stock of said company. By…
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