State v. . Lyle
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for forcible trespass, tried before Clark, J., and a jury, at Spring Term, 1888, of Rockingham Superior Court. Judgment in favor of defendant on a special verdict. Appeal by the State. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.,
The defendants, four in number, are charged in the indictment with a forcible trespass in entering upon the lot of C. J. Matthews, he being personally present and forbidding the same, and tearing down and removing a part of the enclosing fence; and upon trial of three of them, who come into Court and entered the plea of not guilty, the jury returned a special verdict in these terms:
That C. J. Matthews was, on the 11th day of October, 1887, owner of and in possession of a lot fronting on Main street, in the town of Reidsville, N. C.; that shortly prior to that date, the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McIntire v. Western N. C. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1872
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- Long v. Town of RockinghamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
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