State v. Harper, 71 N.C. 314 (1874)

June 1874 · Supreme Court of North Carolina
71 N.C. 314

STATE v. JAMES W. HARPER and others.

(See Syllabus in the case of State v. Parrott and others, in which both facts and the points decided are the same as in this case.)

(State v. Dibble, 4 Jones, 107, cited and approved.)

IndiotmeNT for trespass in tearing down a portion of a Railroad bridge, tried before Clarice, J., at the Spring Term, 1874, of Lenoie Superior Court.

The facts, like those of the next preceding case, found by the special verdict of the jury, are the same as those in the State v. Parrott and others, ante.

Upon the special verdict his Honor held that the defendants were not guilty, whereupon the State appealed.

Attorney General Hargrove, Pou, Seymour and Lehman, for the State.

Smith <& Strong, for the defendants.

Reade, J.

The facts in this case are the same as in State v. Parrott, et. al., at this term, and the decision is the same and for the same reasons.

Let the decision in this and the opinion in that, be certified as the decision and opinion in this case, to the end that the Court below may proceed to judgment, discharging the defendants as upon a verdict of not guilty.

Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed.