PEACOCK v. COUNTY OF SCOTLAND

No. 743.

133 S.E.2d 698 (1963)

260 N.C. 773

J. A. PEACOCK for himself and on behalf of any other taxpayers of Scotland County, v. COUNTY OF SCOTLAND and Sidney D. Smith, R. F. McCoy, Ed McLaurin, Jesse Sneed, and James A. Gibson, constituting the Board of County Commissioners for the County of Scotland.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 19, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey, Dixon & Wooten, Raleigh, for plaintiff.

Smith, Leach, Anderson & Dorsett and Henry A. Mitchell, Jr., Raleigh, for defendants.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff, a citizen, resident, property owner and taxpayer of Scotland County, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, instituted this action to enjoin the holding of a county-wide election called by the County Commissioners of Scotland County pursuant to procedure provided by Chapter 707, Session Laws 1963. The election, in accordance with said Act of the General Assembly, submits to the electorate of Scotland County proposals for the merger...

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