Supreme Court of North Carolina July 31, 1970, 10 (Martin v. North Carolina Housing Corporation)

Bobbitt, C. J.

“(U)nder our Constitution, the General Assembly, so far as that instrument is concerned, is possessed of full legislative powers unless restrained by express constitutional provision or necessary implication therefrom.” Hoke, J. (later C. J.), in Thomas v. Sanderlin, 173 N.C. 329, 332, 91 S.E. 1028, 1029.