WILKES COUNTY v. COLER

No. 167.

180 U.S. 506 (1901)

WILKES COUNTY v. COLER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 18, 1901.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.C. Avery for the Board of Commissioners of Wilkes County.

Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. Charles Price for Coler & Co. Mr. Harry Hubbard and Mr. John M. Dillon were on Mr. Dillon's brief.

Mr. R.O. Burton on behalf of the Commissioners of Oxford, and Mr. James E. Shepherd on behalf of the Commissioners of Stanly County, each filed a brief by leave of court.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the facts as above stated, delivered the opinion of the court.

This being the case disclosed by the record, we proceed in our examination of such matters involved in the certified questions as are presented with sufficient distinctness to require notice at our hands.

The county insists that the bonds in question were issued in violation of the 14th section of Article 2 of the constitution of the State, which is in these words...

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