Helms v. . Emergency Crop Seed Loan Office

Tbe plaintiff brought this suit to recover damages for the conversion by the defendant of 500 pounds of lint cotton, upon which he alleges he had a rent lien, under the laws of North Carolina, superior to any title which the defendant might assert.

Defendant filed no answer and a judgment by default and inquiry was rendered by the clerk of the Superior Court on 26 April, 1937. Thereafter, defendant’s attorney, before the issue as to damages had been submitted, entered a special appearance and moved that the judgment be vacated and the cause dismissed, for that the defendant, Emergency Crop &…