1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 293 S.E.2d
  5. 293 S.E.2d 601 (1982)
 

WHITE v. PATE

No. 813SC1140.

293 S.E.2d 601 (1982)

Hazel WHITE, Beatrice McCoy, Artis Chadwick, Linwood Chadwick, and Mary H. White v. Dorothy PATE, Clerk of Superior Court of Craven County; and S. W. McCoy, Fletcher McCoy, and Carlton Ward, Commissioners of the Core Creek Drainage District.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Deputy Atty. Gen. Millard R. Rich, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellee Dorothy Pate, Clerk of Superior Court, Craven County.

Ward & Smith by William Joseph Austin, Jr., New Bern, for defendants-appellees, the Com'rs of the Core Creek Drainage District.

Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James and Harkavy by Norman B. Smith, Greensboro, for plaintiffs-appellants.

CLARK, Judge.

We elect to proceed directly to the constitutional question without considering whether the trial court erred in the rulings relating to collateral attack and to joinder of necessary parties. Plaintiffs here contend that G.S. 156-81, which provides for election of drainage commissioners, or their appointment by the Clerk of Superior Court is unconstitutional in that it deprives them of voting rights given landowners in other districts of the State where...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases