Houston v. . Thornton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action tried before Adams, J., and a jury at Fall Term, 1897, of Chatham Superior Court. The facts appeal' in the opinion. There was á verdict for the plaintiff and from the judgment thereon the defendants appealed.
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Civil action tried before Adams, J., and a jury at Fall Term, 1897, of Chatham Superior Court. The facts appeal' in the opinion. There was á verdict for the plaintiff and from the judgment thereon the defendants appealed. The plaintiff also appealed from the refusal of judgment in her favor for the amount of a judgment which had been taken against her by the Receiver of the People’s National Bank of Fayetteville for an assessment under the personal liability attaching to her as a stock-holder which judgment she had not paid.
1Dissent · DouglasDouglas, J.
The issues tendered by the defendant presented the question whether there had been fraud and misrepresentation on the part of the defendants. Those settled by the Court at the close of the plaintiff's evidence presented the inquiry whether there had been (367) negligence and wrongful acts by which the plaintiff had been damaged. The latter were proper upon the pleadings.
The plaintiff complained that the board of directors of The People's National Bank, among whom were the defendants, in February, 1890, and at sundry other times, before and after, caused to be published reports of the status…
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