Patapsco Guano Co. v. Magee
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Claim and Delivery, tried at Fall Term, 1881, of Northampton Superior Court, before Gilmer, J. In September, 1878, the defendant, Magee, as constable, levied upon the entire cotton crop of one Jordan, then matured and standing in the field, and estimated to be about twenty thousand pounds, by virtue of certain justice’s executions, amounting in the aggregate to $583.08, in favor of the other defendants.
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Claim and Delivery, tried at Fall Term, 1881, of Northampton Superior Court, before Gilmer, J. In September, 1878, the defendant, Magee, as constable, levied upon the entire cotton crop of one Jordan, then matured and standing in the field, and estimated to be about twenty thousand pounds, by virtue of certain justice’s executions, amounting in the aggregate to $583.08, in favor of the other defendants. Later, in the same month, the plaintiff commenced this action of claim and delivery for eleven hundred and twenty-five pounds of said cotton, estimated to be worth $112.00, claiming to have a…
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, J.,
after stating the facts. The plaintiff assigns as error, the refusal of the court to admit the instrument in evidence, either as an agricultural lien, or as a mortgage, and the exclusion of the testimony of the agent, Vick, as to the. agreement of the parties. The plaintiff also contends that no interest should be allowed the defendant on the damages assessed by the jury, but the court gave judgment for that sum with interest from the 30th of September, 1878, that being the date of the seizure of the cotton by the sheriff.
The errors assigned by the defendants were : 1. The…
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