Woody v. . Jordan .
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, tried at the Fall Term, 1872, of the Superior Court of Person county, before his Honor, Tourgee, J. On the 2d October, 1869, at the instance of the plaintiff, a summons issued to the defendants, commanding them to appear, &e.
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Civil action, tried at the Fall Term, 1872, of the Superior Court of Person county, before his Honor, Tourgee, J. On the 2d October, 1869, at the instance of the plaintiff, a summons issued to the defendants, commanding them to appear, &e. In his complaint the plaintiff alleged that the defendants had theretofore brought an action against him for the possession of certain property, and at their instance the sheriff of Person county had seized the same and delivered it to C. H. Williams, one of the | defendants; that the defendants entered into bond in the sum of $1,600 for the prosecution of…
1Opinion of the CourtRodman, J.
To a proper understanding of this case, it is necessary to extract from pleadings by no means definite, the issues between the parties.
The plaintiff by his amended, complaint alleges in substance, that the defendants in July, 1869, took from his possession, and converted to their own use, certain property for which he claims damages.
The defendants plead jointly, and,
1. Deny the taking and conversion.
2. The second article in the answer only denies the value of the property, and may be rejected as immaterial.
3. Admits that Barrett, sheriff of Person, seized the property under process in an…
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