State Ex Rel. Alexander v. Pharr
State Ex Rel. Alexander v. Pharr
103 S.E. 8; 179 N.C. 699; 1920 N.C. LEXIS 330
(South Eastern Reporter)
State Ex Rel. Alexander v. Pharr
Opinion of the Court
This Court is without jurisdiction, because the action is to try the title to a seat in the General Assembly of North Carolina, and the Constitution of the State (Art. II, sec. 22) provides “Each House (of the General Assembly) shall be judge of the qualifications and elections of its own members,” thereby withdrawing the inquiry from the consideration of the courts.
This is the construction given to a similar section of the Constitution of the United States in Britt v. Board of Canvassers, 172 N. C., 797.
Affirmed.
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