SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM

No. 32.

168 S.E.2d 396 (1969)

275 N.C. 465

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 11, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyner, Moore & Howison, Raleigh, Deal, Hutchins & Minor and William K. Davis, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff appellant.

Hudson, Petree, Stockton, Stockton & Robinson and Thomas E. Capps, Winston-Salem, for defendant appellee.

Maupin, Taylor & Ellis, Raleigh, for Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Co., amicus curiae.


BOBBITT, Justice.

The General Assembly, exercising the police power of the State, may legislate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the people. It has conferred this legislative authority upon the Board of Aldermen of City by the General Statutes codified as G.S. § 160-52 and G.S. § 160-200(6), (7) and (10) and by Chapter 232, Private Laws of 1927, City's Charter.

City, in its brief, quotes the following...

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