Hill v. . Skinner
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, beard before 0. II. Allen, J., at Oxford, on 27 July, 1915, upon an application for an injunction. Upon tbe granting of the injunction defendants appealed.
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Civil actioN, beard before 0. II. Allen, J., at Oxford, on 27 July, 1915, upon an application for an injunction. Upon tbe granting of the injunction defendants appealed. Plaintiffs sought to enjoin the defendants, as mayor and aldermen of the city of Durham, from issuing bonds of said city in the sum of $500,000, and from levying any tax for the payment of the principal or interest thereof, for the purpose of providing a municipally owned system of waterworks under Private Laws 1913, ch. 336, or any other supposed authority of law. An election was held in said city, at which the question of…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the case: The law does not provide for notices of an election and the registration of voters, a preliminary thereto, as mere idle ceremonies, to be given or not, as may suit the whims or convenience of those who may have the calling and conduct of the election and its machinery in charge, but it is intended to be a serious and important part of the procedure under which the election is called and held, and is not to be neglected or omitted, under any circumstances, by those to whom has been intrusted the duty of complying with the law. It is always to be considered as…
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- Seymour v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1893
- Wood v. Town of OxfordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887
- State Ex Rel. DeBerry v. NicholsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
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