Newsom v. . Earnheart
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN tried at Fall Term, 1881, of Rowan Superior Court, before Eure, J. Verdict and judgment for defendant, appeal by plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The defendant took into his possession and impounded a cow, belonging to the feme plaintiff and found running at large on his unenclosed land within the limits of the territory hereinafter defined, for the recovery of possession whereof and damages for detaining, the present action is prosecuted. The defendant justifies the taking by virtue of certain acts of the general assembly, to the provis ions of which, so far as they bear upon the matters in dispute and tend to elucidate and explain them, it becomes necessary to advert.
In 1879 an act was passed rendering it unlawful for any live stock…
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