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WOODARD v. CARTERET COUNTY

No. 123.

153 S.E.2d 809 (1967)

270 N.C. 55

W. L. WOODARD and M. B. Morey, on behalf of themselves severally and jointly and all others similarly situated, v. CARTERET COUNTY, North Carolina, A. B. Cooper, Chairman, George D. Phillips, Moses Howard, E. W. Downum and Staton Moore, the Board of County Commissioners of Carteret County, Raymond T. Edwards, Chairman, Frank A. Cassiano and Clifford R. Tilghman, constituting the Board of Elections of Carteret County, North Carolina, and Thomas Wade Bruton, Attorney-General of the State of North Carolina.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wheatly & Bennett, by Thomas S. Bennett, Beaufort, for plaintiff appellants.

Hamilton, Hamilton & Phillips, by Luther Hamilton, and Harvey Hamilton, Jr., Morehead City, for defendant appellees.

PARKER, Chief Justice.

G.S. § 1-264 states:

"This article [Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act] is declared to be remedial; its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations, and it is to be liberally construed and administered."

G.S. § 1-254 states in relevant part:

"Any person * * * whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by...

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