Supreme Court of North Carolina June 15, 1876 (Tucker v. City of Raleigh)

Reads, J.

1. Can the City of Raleigh contract a debt *271for necessary expenses, without a vote of a majority of the qualified voters therein ?

Answer: Yes. Art. YII, see. 7 of the State Constitution; Wilson v. City of Charlotte, 74 N. C. Rep., 748, and the cases there cited.

2. Was the debt contracted in this case for necessary expenses ?

Answer : Yes.