Washington County v. Sallinger

Citations

• 119 U.S. 176
• 7 S. Ct. 161
• 30 L. Ed. 377
• 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1975

Syllabus

<p>A court-house in North. Carolina being'destroyed by Are, the county commissioners rented a building on another site, about 200 yards distant; from the old site, to be used as a court-house; and after five years’ occupancy purchased the building and paid for the same by issuing bonds of the county to the seller. In an action on the bonds against the county; Held, that the Act of the Legislature, of North Carolina of 1868, c. 20, relating to the removal of county buildings, does not apply to such a case.</p> <p>The provisions contained in the proviso in § 5 of the Act of the Legislature of North Carolina, of February 27,1877, to establish'county governments, apply only to commissioners to be chosen thereafter under the provisions of that act.</p>