POWELL v. EASTERN CAROLINA REGIONAL HOUSING AUTH.

No. 182.

112 S.E.2d 386 (1960)

251 N.C. 812

H. Emmett POWELL v. EASTERN CAROLINA REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, J. D. Anthony, J. B. Powell, W. Frank Taylor, W. R. Allen and Raymond Bryan.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 29, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall T. Spears, Durham, for defendant appellant.

Hubbard & Jones, Clinton, for plaintiff appellee.


RODMAN, Justice.

The Legislature authorized the creation of housing authorities as a means of protecting low-income citizens from unsafe or unsanitary conditions in urban or rural areas, G.S. § 157-2. To accomplish this purpose it authorized the creation of city housing authorities in cities or a ten-mile area adjacent thereto, G.S. § 157-4, county authorities within a particular county, G.S. § 157-33, and regional authorities within an area composed...

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