Bell v. Howerton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION, tried on an appeal from the Court of a Justice of the Peace, at Spring Term, 1892, of Edgecombe Superior Court, Brown, J, presiding. The plaintiff appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Shepherd, J :
The defendant Howerton was the tenant of the plaintiff, and executed to him a bond for the payment of rent, with the defendant Braswell as surety. The plaintiff, in November, 1888, by virtue of his lien as landlord, *70sued for the possession of two bales of cotton grown on the leased premises, and the same having been seized under claim and delivery proceedings, were, upon the execution of the usual undertaking, surrendered to Alexander Greene, a defendant in said suit, who claimed the same-under an agricultural lien executed to him by the tenant. The sureties to the undertaking,…
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