Nesbitt v. . Turrentine
Supreme Court of North Carolina
' PROCEEDING under the landlord and tenant act heard on appeal at Pall Term, 1878) of Mecklenburg Superior Court* before Schenck, J. The defendants appealed from the judgment below.
1Opinion of the Court
Shith, O. J.
The plaintiffs commenced their action on June 5th, 1876, before a justice of the peace, under the landlord and tenant act (Bat. Rev. ch. 64) to recover possession of a dwelling house and lot and the sum of thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents, then due for rent. The defendants dispute the plaintiffs’ claim, assert title in themselves and deny the jurisdiction of the justice to hear and determine the cause. Upon the trial the justice found the controverted issues of fact in favor of the plaintiffs, and adjudged that the defendants be removed from and the plaintiffs put in…
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