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158 N.C. 652

74 S.E 111

State v. Hardy

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 13, 1912

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1912-03-13

, at November Term, 1911, of Du-PLIN. Indictment charging defendant with unlawfully and willfully removing a part of a fence surrounding a certain cultivated field. Upon a special verdict his Honor adjudged defendant not guilty and State appealed. “The defendant was indicted upon the bill hereto attached.

Decided 1912-03-13

Pee CubiaM.

¶1We agree with the judge below that the board of supervisors has jurisdiction to lay out cartways such as appears to have been done in this case. Cook v. Vickers, 141 N. C., 103; Barbee v. Griffin, ante, 348.

¶2There are irregularities in the proceedings, but they are not wholly void on their face so as to subject defendant to indictment for obeying the order directed to him, and commanding him to open the cartway.

¶3We concur with his Honor that defendant upon the special verdict and exhibits called for in it is not guilty.

¶4Affirmed.

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