Wright v. . Hemphill
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN tried at Fall Term, 1878, of Guilford Superior Court, before Kerr, J. ■ The facts constituting the basis of the exception taken in. the court below are sufficiently stated by Mr. Justice Dillard in delivering the opinion. Verdict and judgment, for.defendant, appeal by plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtDillard, J.
On the trial of this action of claim and delivery for a horse, which had been taken out of the possession of the defendant and delivered to the plaintiff, His-. Honor, on leaving the bench in the evening, by consent of the parties, directed the clerk to receive the verdict of the jury, when they should come in. At the opening of court next morning the judge called for the reading of the verdict, and the jury having found the property in the horse to belong to the defendant, but omitted to fix the value and assess the damages for detention, His Honor refused to accept the verdict and directed…
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