SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. MECKLENBURG COUNTY

No. 528.

56 S.E.2d 438 (1949)

231 N.C. 148

SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. MECKLENBURG COUNTY et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 23, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. T. Joyner, Raleigh, Robinson & Jones and John M. Robinson, Jr., Charlotte, for plaintiff appellee.

Taliaferro, Clarkson & Grier, Charlotte, for defendant appellants.


BARNHILL, Justice.

That the cost of maintaining a rural police force in Mecklenburg County for the better enforcement of the law and the security of the public safety is a necessary expense of county government is conceded. Is it a "general purpose" or a "special purpose" expense within the meaning of Art. V, sec. 6 of the Constitution? This is the one question posed for decision. The court below answered in favor of plaintiff. In this conclusion we concur.

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