Trover. The jury brought in the following special verdict, viz.:
"The jury sworn, find the defendant guilty, and assess the plaintiff's damage to £ 4 and 6d. costs: subject to the opinion of the Court, on the following case. The plaintiff owned a boat, which drifted down the river, and was taken up by the defendant, who claimed salvage, and accordingly refused to restore it until that was paid."
The Court, SPENCER, J., and McCOY, J.,
gave judgment for the defendant.
NOTE. — See Winslow v. Walker, 2 N.C. 192, which decides that the right to salvage in such cases is only to be enforced by detention of the property, and cannot be transferred to a purchaser of the property.
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