Draper v. J. A. Buxton & Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN tried at Spring Term, 1882, of NORTHAMPTON Superior Court, before Bennett, J. This is an action of trover for the conversion of a lot of cotton, corn and fodder. The jury found the issues in favor of the plaintiff; judgment accordingly; appeal by defendants. The facts are stated in the opinion of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtMerrihoN, J.
The plaintiff sued in forma pauperis, and brought the action to recover the value of certain corn, cotton and fodder, which she alleges belongs to her, and the defendants unlawfully converted it to their own use. The answer of the defendants specifically denies all the allegations in the complaint.
On the trial the court submitted, along with two other appropriate issues, the following: “ Did the defendants, by themselves, their agents and officers, wrongfully convert the same (the property in question) to their own use?” The jury responded “yes.”
The evidence tended to show that the sheriff of…
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