Ponton v. . McAdoo

The plaintiff, Ponton, alleges that on the 9th day of February, 1869, he had a homestead in his lands and an exemption of personal property allotted and laid off to him, according to the provisions of the act of August, 1868, which allotment embraced all of his lands and all of his personal property. That he continued in possession of this property, undisturbed, until 24th day of April, 1873, when the defendant McAdoo, served him with a warrant, returnable on the next day at Greensboro, in the said county of Guilford, for $36.81; that he was in his field at work when the officer served the…