STATE v. SHINN

No. 529.

136 S.E.2d 244 (1964)

262 N.C. 88

STATE of North Carolina on the relation of Z. A. MORRIS, Jr., Solicitor of the 19th Judicial District of North Carolina v. George Alfred SHINN and wife Vennie P. Shinn, and Lewis Shinn.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. W. Blackwelder, Concord, for appellants.

No counsel for appellee.


RODMAN, Justice.

Are appellants personally liable for the unpaid portion of a fee allowed counsel for plaintiff? That is the question for decision. It arises on this factual situation: The Solicitor, acting under the authority of G.S. § 19-2, instituted this action to abate a nuisance. G.S. § 19-5. The complaint alleges: Appellants owned two lots in Kannapolis. A house is situate on these lots. This property was used by their codefendant as "a bootlegging...

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