Sears v. Whitaker.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action by J. G. Sears against T. L. Whitaker, heard by Judge Frederick Moore and a jury, at June Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of Halifax County. From a judgment for the defendant the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This action was commenced before a justice of the peace for the recovery, by the plaintiff of the defendant, of the penalty afforded by section 3120 of The Code. The complaint before the justice of the peace was that the plaintiff hired Redmond Whitaker to serve him as a farm laborer from January 30, 1904, till August 1st of that year; that the defendant enticed, persuaded and procured Redmond Whitaker to unlawfully leave the plaintiff’s service, and did also unlawfully and knowingly harbor and detain him in his (the defendant’s) own service from the service of the plaintiff after said…
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