Champion v. . Daniel
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Harding, J., at August Term, 1915, of BlTTHEREORD. Civil action. Tbis action was brought to recover damages for the willful and wrongful burning of tbe plaintiff’s ginbouse, flour mill, dwelling-house and stock of merchandise. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants, and from the judgment thereon plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
"Walker, J.
"We need consider only one exception of the plaintiff. The judge, in varying forms, charged the jury that, before they could return a verdict for the plaintiff, the evidence being largely, though not altogether, circumstantial, he must, by evidence, fully satisfy them that the intestate of the defendants did burn the property as alleged. Sometimes he charged that the evidence must be clear, convincing and satisfactory, and again that it must satisfy them by its greater weight that the unlawful act was committed. When the learned judge charged that tbe law required of the plaintiff…
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