Supreme Court of North Carolina December 20, 1910 (Crawford v. Town of Marion)

BeowN, J.

It was contended upon the argument that this action cannot be maintained and should be dismissed, as its sole purpose is to prohibit by injunction the prosecution of the plaintiff under an ordinance of the town, criminal in its nature, and that tbe principle settled by the cases of

Wardens v. Comrs.,

109 N. C., 21;

Cohen v. Comrs.,

77 N. C., 2, and

Paul v. Washington,

134 N. C.