Legal Opinion

Harrison v. . Ricks

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 1874PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Civil actioN, for the delivery of two bales of cotton, tried before bis Honor, Judge Watts, at the Spring Term, 1874, of the Superior Court of Nash count}'. . The plaintiff introduced as evidence the following instrument : “ State of North CakoliNA, 1 Nash County, j This deed witnesseth ; That whereas John A. Harrison & Son, of Castalia, Nash county, have agreed to make HtBTP*1"0 to Bon.

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Civil actioN, for the delivery of two bales of cotton, tried before bis Honor, Judge Watts, at the Spring Term, 1874, of the Superior Court of Nash count}'. . The plaintiff introduced as evidence the following instrument : “ State of North CakoliNA, 1 Nash County, j This deed witnesseth ; That whereas John A. Harrison & Son, of Castalia, Nash county, have agreed to make HtBTP*1"0 to Bon. E. Moss, of the county of Nash, and State of North Car^ ojina, certain advances in supplies, and for the purpose of enabling the said B. F. Moss to carry on his planting operations in the county of Nash and…

1Opinion of the CourtRodMAN, J.

This is an action to recover specific property, and the first question is,

1. As to the title of the plaintiff.

The plaintiffs claim, under a deed from Moss, dated in July, 1871, by which, after reciting that plaintiffs had agreed to make advances to enable Moss to carry on planting operations during that year; Moss binds himself to consign to plaintiffs all the crop made by him on Rick’s (the defendant’s) farm in the year 1871, it beibg half that is made on the farm, or all of his (Moss’s) part, to cover advances to be made by plaintiffs, whictq should constitute a lien on the said crop, &c,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Walston v. . BryanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1870
  2. Church v. . FurnissSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1870

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Wolfe v. PearsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
  2. Strain v. GardnerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Kelly v. RummerfieldWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Smithdeal v. . WilkersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
  5. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co. v. LinardIndiana Supreme Court · 1884

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