Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1938

Lawhon v. McArthur

Lawhon v. McArthur
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided March 23, 1938 · Stacy
213 N.C. 260

Lawhon v. McArthur

Opinion of the Court

Stacy, C. J.

The facts are in dispute, and the case involves the cutting of timber trees. C. S., 845; Stewart v. Munger, 174 N. C., 402, 93 S. E., 927. The usual course in such circumstances is to continue the restraining order to the hearing, or else to require the defendant to give bond in the meantime. C. S., 846; Lewis v. Lumber Co., 99 N. C., 11, 5 S. E., 19; Lumber Co. v. Wallace, 93 N. C., 22; R. R. v. Transit Co., 195 N. C., 305, 141 S. E., 882. At any rate there was error in dismissing the action. Grantham v. Nunn, 188 N. C., 239, 124 S. E., 309; Sutton v. Sutton, 183 N. C., 128, 110 S. E., 77; Bradshaw v. Comrs., 92 N. C., 278; McIntosh, N. C. Prac. & Proc., 994.

Error.

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