Supreme Court of North Carolina December 22, 1900 (Smith v. Durham.)

Eaiecloth, C. J.

This is a civil action in the nature of trover for the conversion of a certain promissory note, payable to the plaintiff, in the sum of $2,400, signed by W. D.

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Rice. The plaintiff was president of the Bessemer City Cotton Mill Company, and for a debt due by his company to Lyon, Conklin

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Co., of Baltimore, Md.