COREY v. HARDISON

No. 100.

72 S.E.2d 416 (1952)

236 N.C. 147

COREY et al. v. HARDISON, Mayor, et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 17, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peel & Peel, Williamston, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Robert H. Cowen, Williamston, Albion Dunn, Greenville, and J. L. Emanuel, Raleigh, for defendants, appellees.


ERVIN, Justice.

The appeal raises this solitary question: Did Judge Frizzelle err in adjudging the defendants not subject to punishment as for contempt?

The plaintiffs set the proceeding as for contempt in motion on the theory that the refusal of the defendants to surrender the public offices, records, and funds of the Town of Jamesville to Lilley, Blount, Coltrain, Davenport, Gurganus, and Hamilton runs counter to this portion of the statute codified as G...

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