Williams v. . Windley
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action tried at Fall Term, 1881, of Beaufort Superior Court, before Bennett, J. Judgment for plaintiff, appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The action begun before a justice, and removed by appeal to the superior court, is prosecuted for the recovery of the value of .certain goods furnished and money advanced on September 14th, 1880, by direction of one Burrus, master of the vessel named “ W. P. Cox,” and for her use while lying at the port of Washington in this state, whereof the defendant was sole owner. The vessel had been under command of this officer for the six months succeeding the defendant’s acquirement of title in January, 1879, on wages at the rate of seventy-five dollars per month, and thereafter she was run until her…
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