Sledge v. . Reid, Sheriff, C.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotioN, in the nature of Trover, tried before Moore, J. and a jury, at the December (Special) Term, 1873, of Halifax Superior Court. The plaintiff demanded the value of a mule, which he alleged the defendant had wrongfully taken from his possession in April, 1871, and converted to his own use; and also additional and specific damages, resulting from such taking and conversion.
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Civil aotioN, in the nature of Trover, tried before Moore, J. and a jury, at the December (Special) Term, 1873, of Halifax Superior Court. The plaintiff demanded the value of a mule, which he alleged the defendant had wrongfully taken from his possession in April, 1871, and converted to his own use; and also additional and specific damages, resulting from such taking and conversion. The conversion was admitted ; and the jury, in response to an issue submitted as to the value of the mule at that time, assessed its value at $75; for which the plaintiff had judgment ; and from which the…
1Opinion of the Court
RtNüm, J.
Consequential damage, to be recoverable, in an action of tort, must be the proximate consequence of the act complained of, and not the secondary result thereof. The rule is plain ; the difficulty, if any, is in its application. The dividing line between proximate and remote damage, is sometimes so indistinct as to leave a field of doubtful and disputed ground. No difficulty of that sort arises here, and the case affords an apt illustration of the rule.
The proximate damage to the plaintiff from the tort of the defendant, was the loss of the mule; a shortening of the crop was the…
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