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104 N.C. 221

10 S.E 253

Long v. Fields

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 15, 1889

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1889-09-15

Jurisdiction — Deceit— Warranty— Contract. This was a civil actioN, tried at September Term, 1889, of the Superior Court of RICHMOND County, before Merri-mon, J. The plaintiff alleged for a first cause of action— 1. That, on-day of July, 1883, one Clem.

Decided 1889-09-15

Avery, J.

¶1— after stating the facts as above: It has been settled by a line of decisions in this Court, and manifestly upon mature consideration, that, where there is a warranty of soundness in the sale of a horse, the vendee may declare *224in tort for a false warranty and add a count in deceit, or, under the new procedure, a second cause of action in the nature of deceit, and though the sum demanded be less than two hundred dollars, the aciion will not be deemed one founded on. contract, and the Superior Court will have jurisdiction. Bullinger v. Marshall, 70 N. C., 520; Ashe v. Gray, 88 N. C., 190; Ibid (rehearing), 90 N. C., 137; Harvey v. Hambright, 98 N. C., 446.

¶2Affirmed.

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