Winslow Bros. v. Staton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action tried before W. B. Allen, J., and a jury, at November Term, 1909, of Edgecombe. Certain issues were submitted to tbe jury, and upon tbe responses thereto tbe court rendered judgment against tbe defendant, wbo excepted and appealed. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe- Court by Justice Brown.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The findings of fact and the evidence admitted on the trial establish, these facts: One J. L. Spraggins sold to the defendant three mules — two for a factory with which defendant is connected, and one for himself — at the price of $737.50. Spraggins received in full payment from defendant $500 in cash and a release in full for a debt be owed defendant amounting to $250.
Tbe plaintiffs contend that tbe mules were their property; that Spraggins sold as their agent, under a written contract in evidence, and sue to recover tbe balance of $237.50, with interest from 7 February, 1906, tbe purchase…
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