Supreme Court of North Carolina December 16, 1931 (Weaver v. . Hampton)

BeogdeN, J.

This action is brought under authority prescribed in C. S., 3206. The statute was discussed in

Waddill v. Masten, 172

N. C., 582, 90 S. E., 694, in which case it was written: “Suits in protection

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of the rights and interests of the county, on the part of citizens and taxpayers, have been frequently entertained by the courts in this State, and, while they have usually been of an