Hislop v. . Hoover
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, tried before Hewry, J., at the January (Special Term, 1872, of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county. In his complaint, the plaintiff alleged that he was in possession of a stock of goods on and before the 19th February, 1869, which were in store at Grier’s storehouse, con.sisting of a general assortment of the value of about $1,200. That the defendant unlawfully took the goods, carried them away and still detains them.
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Civil action, tried before Hewry, J., at the January (Special Term, 1872, of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county. In his complaint, the plaintiff alleged that he was in possession of a stock of goods on and before the 19th February, 1869, which were in store at Grier’s storehouse, con.sisting of a general assortment of the value of about $1,200. That the defendant unlawfully took the goods, carried them away and still detains them. The defendant denies the allegation contained in the ■complaint, and makes this statement in regard to the matter now in controversy. That the goods in…
1Opinion of the CourtRodman, J.
The action is brought to recover damages, for a trespass in taking the plaintiff’s goods. The defendant pleads that he recovered a judgment and had execution against one Gallant, to whom the goods belonged, and who had conveyed them to plaintiff with intent to defraud his creditors, and he justifies the seizure of the goods under the execution.
It' was admitted that a part of the goods had belonged to Gallant, and there was evidence tending to show that Gallant being insolvent had sold them to the plaintiff, an infant without pecuniary means or property, in consideration of his promise to pay…
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