Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1840

Horton v. Hensley

Horton v. Hensley
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided June 15, 1840 · Gaston
23 N.C. 163

Horton v. Hensley

Opinion of the Court

Gaston, Judge.

We see no ground on which this judg-. ment can be impeached. It is not to be questioned but that possession alone is sufficient to maintain an action of trespass *166against mere tort-feasors. The evidence to shew possession in the plaintiff was pertinent, direct and uncontradicted. And in trespass, all procurers, aiders and abettors — nay, those who are not even privy to the commission of a tresspass for their use and benefit, but who afterwards assent to it — are, in judgxnent of law, principals. Com. Dig’t. Tres. C. 1,4 Inst. 317.

The judgment is affirmed.

Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed.

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