Thomas v. . Carteret County

STACY, J., not sitting; WALKER, J., dissenting. Action to determine the extent of plaintiffs' liability on a certain note and mortgage, executed and delivered to Thomas Thomas, and by him given as security to the county of Carteret. A brief history of this litigation is set out in the judgment of the Superior Court, entered at the June Term, 1921:

"This cause coming on to be heard before J. Lloyd Horton, (375) J., and a jury, and it appearing to the court that at the June Term, 1920, of said court, this cause had been tried before his Honor, Connor, J., and a jury, and at said term the…