Bessent v. . Harris Howell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Assumpsit, tried before Gloud. J., at Spring Term 1869 of the Superior Court of Rowan. The facts appear sufficiently stated in the Opinion. Verdict for the plaintiff; Rule for a new trial; Rule discharged; Judgment, and Appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Rodmaií, J.
This action was commenced on the 12th of March 1867, by writ returnable to the Superior Court of Davie County. On the trial the jury found for the plaintiff; judgment was given accordingly, and the defendants appealed.
From the statement of the case made by the Judge, it appears that the plaintiff declared in assumpsit: in one count, that the defendants were factors residing at Wilmington, and on March 1st 1866 received from the plaintiff certain tobacco, and undertook to carry the same $o New Orleans, and sell it for the benefit of the plaintiff; which undertaking the defendants…
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