Leach v. . Linde
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil action, tried at October Term, 1890, of Wake Superior Court, before Boykin, J. This action was brought to recover damages of the defendant for having induced the plaintiffs to accept a lease of a certain ice plant and machinery and purchase certain bonds, by false and fraudulent representations made by defendant, as set out in the complaint.
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This was a civil action, tried at October Term, 1890, of Wake Superior Court, before Boykin, J. This action was brought to recover damages of the defendant for having induced the plaintiffs to accept a lease of a certain ice plant and machinery and purchase certain bonds, by false and fraudulent representations made by defendant, as set out in the complaint. Issues were submitted by the Court, as follows: 1. At the time of the purchase of the bonds and acceptance of the lease by plaintiffs, did defendant falsely and fraudulently represent to plaintiffs that the plant and ice machinery, and…
1Opinion of the Court
MerrimoN, C. J.:
The statute (Acts 1885, ch. 180) prescribes, among other things, that certain of the terms of the Superior Court of the County of Wake shall continue for three weeks, “ to be for the trial of civil business alone.” These terms are to be devoted to the proper disposition of all kinds of civil actions and proceedings pending in the Court, whether they be such as require trials by jury or not. Hence, the statute just cited, taken as it must be, in connection with the other statute (The Code, ch. 39, in respect to “jurors,” especially sections 1727, 1732) contemplates and intends…
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