Clark v. . Whitehurst
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Justice J., at February Term, 1915, of Beaufort. From a judgment of nonsuit, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
Tbe complaint alleges tbat tbe defendant wrongfully took from tbe stables of tbe plaintiff a bay mule, tbe property of tbe plaintiff, without bis knowledge or consent, and drove him a distance unknown to tbe plaintiff, and so cruelly mistreated and abused said mule tbat be died, and this action is to recover tbe sum of $200, alleged to be tbe value of tbe mule.
At tbe trial tbe evidence for the plaintiff was that tbe defendant, who was in the employment of tbe plaintiff as an occasional laborer, took tbe mule in question from plaintiff’s stables at night, and drove her off without bis…
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