Supreme Court of North Carolina December 9, 1908 (Nance v. Southern Railway)

lead-opinion

CLARK, C. J., and HOKE, J., dissenting. This was an action to recover a penalty alleged to have accrued against defendant for refusing to permit plaintiff, standard-keeper of Surry County, to examine and adjust defendant's scales used by it at Pilot Mountain, N.C. There was no evidence that the scales were used in "buying or selling.