Legal Opinion

Bridgers v. . Taylor

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1889PublishedCited by 7 opinions

This was a motion to vacate an order of arrest, heard before Avery, J., at the Fall Term, 1887, of the Superior Court of NORTHAMPTON County. . The order was granted by the Clerk in an action for an alleged trespass of the defendants upon the land of the plaintiff, the affidavit stating that the defendants “have on divers times * * * injured and damaged said tract of land wilfully, and, as affiant believes, maliciously, by entering thereon after being forbidden so to do, and…

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This was a motion to vacate an order of arrest, heard before Avery, J., at the Fall Term, 1887, of the Superior Court of NORTHAMPTON County. . The order was granted by the Clerk in an action for an alleged trespass of the defendants upon the land of the plaintiff, the affidavit stating that the defendants “have on divers times * * * injured and damaged said tract of land wilfully, and, as affiant believes, maliciously, by entering thereon after being forbidden so to do, and treading down the grass, tearing down affiant’s fences, cutting down the trees, and by divers other means. That said…

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* AVERY, J., did not sit in this case. (MERRIMON, J., dissented.) The order was granted by the clerk in an action for an alleged trespass of the defendants upon the land of the plaintiff, the affidavit stating that the defendants "have on divers times . . . injured and damaged said tract of land wilfully, and, as affiant believes, maliciously, by entering thereon after being forbidden so to do, and treading down the grass, tearing down affiant's fences, cutting down the trees, and by divers other means. That said defendants aided and encouraged each other in said trespass, and that by said…

2Cases cited2 opinions

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  2. Rigg v. WiltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1851

3Cited by7 opinions

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