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HORNER v. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

No. 742.

72 S.E.2d 21 (1952)

236 N.C. 96

HORNER et al. v. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF CITY OF BURLINGTON, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 22, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. R. Dalton, Jr., Burlington, for plaintiff, appellant.

W. D. Madry, and Young, Young & Gordon, Burlington, for defendant The City of Burlington, appellee.

JOHNSON, Justice.

The question for decision is this: Can the plaintiff in a taxpayers' action, who has recovered for the benefit of a municipality public moneys unlawfully disbursed and otherwise lost, be awarded from the amount recovered and restored to the municipality a reasonable sum to be used in paying the fees of his attorney, without a statute expressly so providing?

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