Roberts v. . Cole
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action tried at Spring Term, 1879, of Moore Superior Court, before McKoy, J. Verdict in favor of the plaintiff, judgment, appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, C. J.'
The parties to the suit entered into a mutual agreement to build and keep in repair, each a separate portion of a common division fence, which separated and protected their respective cultivated'fields. The-defendant failed to fulfil his contract, and his part of the fence becoming decayed and rotten, hogs broke through into the plaintiff’s field, and rooted up and injured his crop, and this action is brought to recover compensation in damages therefor. The only exceptions of the appellant taken during the trial are:
1. The refusal of the court to charge the jury that the…
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