Bayard vs. Singleton Case
Artist
David Silvette
Year1938
Classification
painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions87 x 103 in. (221 x 261.6 cm)
Credits
New Deal Art Program
- Mural depicts the Bayard vs. Singleton case from 1787 where a three judge panel meeting in New Bern held that a legislature is limited in power and that the judiciary has the right to declare a law null and void if that law is unconstitutional.