Meroney v. . Wright
Supreme Court of North Carolina
MotioN in a proceeding under the landlord and tenant act for an inquiry to ascertain damages sustained by defendant for his eviction, heard at August Special Term, 1880, of Rowan Superior Court, before McKoy, J. Motion refused, judgment in favor of plaintiff for costs, appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The plaintiff commenced his action on January 14th, 1878, before a justice of the peace, against the defendant, his lessee, as he alleges in his accompanying affidavit, who is holding over after the expiration of the term and refuses to surrender, for the possession of a lot in the town of Salisbury, under the provisions of the act of 1869 in relation to landlord'and tenant. Bat. Rev., ch. 64.
The defendant denied the tenancy, and on the trial the justice gave judgment for the plaintiff, awarding the writ under which, on the 28th day of the next month, he was put in possession. On the…
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