Burwell v. Coopers Co-Operative Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from a -justice of the peace, heard by Stacey, J., at May Term, 1916, of YaNCe. At the conclusion of the evidence, the motion to nonsuit was sustained. The plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBbowk, J.
This action is brought to recover $175 which the plaintiff alleges is due him by one P. C. Arrington, his tenant, for rent'for the year 1915 for a certain farm. The evidence tends to prove that the •said Arrington occupied the farm during the said year, cultivated a ■crop of tobacco and sold the same to the defendant; that he failed to pay the plaintiff the alleged rent, and plaintiff seeks to recover it of the defendant under the lien given to landlords.
The defendant denies that Arrington was the tenant of the plaintiff, averring that the relation of vendor and vendee existed between them.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jones v. . JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
- Ford v. . GreenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
- Crinkley v. . EgertonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
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