Whitaker v. . Smith
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN tried at Spring Term,, 1879i of Halifax Superior Court, before Eure, J. The-opinion contains- the facte. His Honor gave judgment for the sum claimed by plaintiff as due for services rendered as a farm overseer, but held that he had no lien on the crops, &c.7 of defendant to secure payment of the judgment.
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Civil ActioN tried at Spring Term,, 1879i of Halifax Superior Court, before Eure, J. The-opinion contains- the facte. His Honor gave judgment for the sum claimed by plaintiff as due for services rendered as a farm overseer, but held that he had no lien on the crops, &c.7 of defendant to secure payment of the judgment. From which ruling the plaintiff appealed, Commented upon the ruling in Wray v. Harris, 77 N. G., 77, and maintained that under the constitution and acts of assembly, overseers Were not the objects of’the benefits conferred. An overseer is simply an agent. Smith w, Cameron, 11…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
This- was an action to recover of the defendant services rendered, by the plaintiff as overseer during the year 1877, and to enforce what is claimed to be a laborer's lien upon the crops, stock, farming utensils, and plantation of the defendant. A document was filed with the clerk of the superior court of Halifax, county, purporting to be a notice of lien which is as follows:
“Know all men by these presents that I, Jesse E. Whitaker, of the county of Halifax and state of North Carolina, commenced work by verbal contract with James N. Smith, on the first day of January, 1877,. as overseer and…
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