44 N.C. 393 | N.C. | 1853
There was a verdict for the defendants, and judgment having been rendered thereon, the plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court.
We may say here what this Court said in the case of Beale v. Roberson,
Chief Justice Ruffin, who delivered the opinion of the Court in the case, then goes into an elaborate examination of the question, both upon principle and the authorities in England and in this State, and adds: "It would seem, then, that making a question on this subject must be regarded as an attempt to move fixed things, and cannot be successful either in England or here."
The case referred to is so apposite to this in every respect, that we cannot do better than to adopt the conclusion as well as the commencement of the opinion pronounced in it: "As the case goes back to another trial, on which the facts may appear differently, we think it unnecessary to consider those that came out on a former trial in reference to the question of probable cause, further than to remark that few cases perhaps could better illustrate the danger of leaving that question (395) to the discretion of a jury, whose decision of it is not susceptible of review in another court."
PER CURIAM. Judgment reversed and venire de novo ordered.
Cited: Smith v. Deaver,