Legal Opinion

Grambling v. . Dickey

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1896PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Civil actioN, (consolidation of thirteen different cases,) heard on appeal from judgments of a :ustice of the peace, before Graham, J., and a jury, at Spring Term, 1895, of CiieRokee Superior Court. Plaintiff appealed. The facts appear in the opinion of the Chief Justice.

1Opinion of the Court

Faircloth, C. J.:

The plaintiffs instituted several actions before a justice of the peace, against defendant T. C. Dickey, for sums less than $200 in each case. Dickey admitted the debts and. consented to judgments. The plaintiff also attached certain property, alleging that it was Dickey’s property. The other defendants interpleaded before the justice, alleging that they were the bona fide owners of tbe property before the att. limón is- Dsued. The plaintiffs filed affidavits and moved to dismiss the interpleas on the ground that the value of the property attached was more than §50, and that…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wallace Bros. v. RobesonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
  2. Sims v. Goettle Bros.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1880

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Epworth Orphanage v. StrangeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
  2. Oyama v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Oyama v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947

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