Skipper v. Hargrove, 1 N.C. 74, 1 Mart. 74 (1791)

April 1791 · North Carolina Superior Court

1 N.C. 74, 1 Mart. 74

Fayetteville,

April Term, 1791.

SKIPPER versus HARGROVE.

DETINUE. Non detinet and statute of limitations pleaded. The jury brought the following special verdict.

“ The Jury sworn, find the defendant doth detain the negroes as "set forth in the plaintiff's declaration, to wit, Patience of the price "of two hundred pounds, Ally, of the price of £. 100, and Violet, “of the price of £. 100. They farther find, that the negro Bet, al"so set forth in the plaintiff’s declaration, was at the time demanded, “in possession of the defendant, and the property of the plain"tiff; that she was demanded of the defendant, who refused to de“liver her up, and that she is since dead. If the law is in favor “of the plaintiff, they find the defendant doth detain the said ne“gro Bet of the price of £. 50, and if the law is in favor of the “defendant, then that she doth not detain the said negro Bet, and “assess the plaintiff’s damage, to 6 and 6d. costs.”

The Court,

Spencer, J. and M’Coy, J.

gave judgment for the plaintiff.