Jones v. Duncan.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil AotioN by W. J. Jones against W. H. Duncan, beard by Judge Frederick Moore, upon an agreed state of facts, at Fall Term, 1899, of HabNett Superior Court. From judgment for defendant, tbe plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtFaieoloth, C. J.
Tbis is claim and delivery by tbe plaintiff to recover bis bogs, wbicb were seized and impounded by tbe defendant, marshal of tbe town of Dunn, in Harnett County. Tbe bogs bad strayed into tbe streets of said town. Tbe town was incorporated under Private Laws 1889, c. 191, and amendments thereto. Thé Board of Town Commissioners declared by an ordinance that bogs, etc., running at large in tbe town, were nuisances, and imposed a fine on tbe owners who should wilfully permit any such animals at large within tbe town, providing that owners of stock without tbe limits of tbe town, and within one…
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