Little v. . Holmes
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendants from McElroy, J., at August Term, 1920, of UNION. Tbis was an action for tbe abduction of plaintiff’s sixteen-year-old daughter from bis borne by tbe defendants. Yerdict. and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
This was an action for the abduction of plaintiff's sixteen-year-old daughter from his home by the defendants. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant. In the absence of the plaintiff from his home on 14 January, 1919, the defendants, M. C. and Baxter Holmes, went to his house and carried away his sixteen-year-old daughter in an automobile to South Carolina where she was married to Henry Griffin. This was done against the earnest protest of the plaintiff's wife. The defendant M. C. Holmes hired the car and was driving it. Baxter was on the front seat with him. They came up to…
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