Case Name: ROBERT RICHARDSON v. S. C. HOBGOOD, Sheriff
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1915-11-03
Citations: 170 N.C. 37
Docket Number: 
Parties: ROBERT RICHARDSON v. S. C. HOBGOOD, Sheriff.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 170
Pages: 37–38

Head Matter:
ROBERT RICHARDSON v. S. C. HOBGOOD, Sheriff.
(Filed 3 November, 1915.)
Appeal and Error — Fragmentary Appeals — Final Judgment.
An appeal Is premature and will not lie from an order that the sheriff hold the proceéds of sale of a horse and buggy seized under the “Search and Seizure” act of 1915, to await final judgment, the case appearing to be heard upon a case agreed to test the validity of the act.
Appeal by plaintiff from Allen, J., at the July Term, 1915, of Gean--ville.
T. Lanier for the plaintiff.
No counsel for the defendant.

Opinion:
BbowN, J.
This matter seems to have been beard upon facts agreed, and from tbe judgment rendered tbe plaintiff appealed. Tbe purpose of tbe action seems to be to recover from tbe defendant, sheriff of Gran-ville County, a borse and buggy and other property of tbe plaintiff seized by tbe sheriff for violation of tbe liquor laws of tbe State under tbe "Search and Seizure" act of 1915, which authorizes tbe seizure of vehicles as well as liquor.
Tbe purpose of tbe plaintiff evidently is to contest tbe validity of such law, but we think tbe appeal is premature, as no final judgment has been rendered in tbe action. Tbe only order made at July Term, 1915, adjudges that tbe defendant bold tbe property or tbe proceeds of tbe sale thereof to await final judgment in this action.
In tbe record is a written agreement, signed by tbe counsel for tbe plaintiff, that tbe defendant sheriff may sell tbe borse and buggy seized by him, and bold tbe proceeds to await final judgment in this action. Tbe record sent up to this Court contains no final judgment, and none seems to have been rendered. Tbe appeal is, therefore, premature, and is
Dismissed.