Any person discovering where any such goods are wrongfully bought, sold or concealed, so that the owner, his agent or attorney, shall regain them, shall be entitled to a reasonable salvage, not exceeding twenty-five per cent on the value, to be adjusted by the next neighboring magistrate, who is hereby required to adjust such value.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 54-305; 1952 Code Section 54-305; 1942 Code Section 6292; 1932 Code Section 6292; Civ. C. '22 Section 5144; Civ. C. '12 Section 3400; Civ. C. '02 Section 2289; G. S. 1628; R. S. 1816; 1783 (4) 552.