Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1940

State ex rel. Barker v. Humphrey

State ex rel. Barker v. Humphrey
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided October 30, 1940 · Cueiam
218 N.C. 389

State ex rel. Barker v. Humphrey

Opinion of the Court

PeR Cueiam.

The proceedings in the court below on the motion filed is in substantial accord with the opinion of this Court rendered in Humphrey v. Churchill, Sheriff, 217 N. C., 530. Even if it be conceded that the trial judge had the power to find the facts on the motion filed he had the authority to call a jury to his aid and to submit the issue of fact to the jury for determination.

The judgment below is

Affirmed.

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