Lane v. Commissioners.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by O. W. Lane against Board of Commissioners of Eowan County, heard by Judge B. B. Peebles, upon an agreed statement of facts, at the August Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of Eowan County. Civil action begun in justice’s court and, upon appeal, heard in the Superior Court on an agreed statement of facts: The plaintiff is and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, a resident of the State of Virginia.
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ActioN by O. W. Lane against Board of Commissioners of Eowan County, heard by Judge B. B. Peebles, upon an agreed statement of facts, at the August Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of Eowan County. Civil action begun in justice’s court and, upon appeal, heard in the Superior Court on an agreed statement of facts: The plaintiff is and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, a resident of the State of Virginia. He is and was at said times one of the four stockholders, and a director and the secretary of Lane Bros. Co., a corporation doing railroad construction work in the States of Virginia…
1Opinion of the Court
CoNNOR, J.,
after stating the case: The defendants contend that the facts set forth brings the case within the decision in State v. Roberson, 136 N. C., 587. It will be noted that the jury in that case found by a special, verdict that the defendant “did engage in the business of procuring laborers for employment out of the State, to-wit: for one E. IT. Jones, in the State of Georgia, without having paid,” etc. This finding brought the defendant clearly within the language and spirit of the statute.
This case, in our opinion, comes within the principle of Carr v. Commissioners, 136 N. C., 125 —…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. MooreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
- State v. Hunt.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
- State v. RobersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Carr v. Commissioners.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
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- State v. . MooreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
- State v. . LoweSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924