Hale v. Higgins

Circuit Court of North Carolina

Hale v. Higgins

1 N.C. 58

CourtU.S. Circuit Court for the District of North Carolina

DecidedJuly 1, 1793

StatusPublished

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Bluebook

Hale v. Higgins, 1 N.C. 58 (circtnc 1793).

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RESOLVED, that where the words of the statute, were that the plaintiff shall have no more costs than damages &c. in an action &c. begun and prosecuted &c. and the action was commenced before the Parliament and prosecuted afterwards. The plaintiff shall have no more costs; although a man is said to prosecute an original writ, when [59]*59he begins. But it was answered that the prosecution is after the commencement. Therefore &c. Antea p. 2. Sandal's case.

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RESOLVED, that where the words of the statute, were that the plaintiff shall have no more costs than damages &c. in an action &c. begun and prosecuted &c. and the action was commenced before the Parliament and prosecuted afterwards. The plaintiff shall have no more costs; although a man is said to prosecute an original writ, when [59]*59he begins. But it was answered that the prosecution is after the commencement. Therefore &c. Antea p. 2. Sandal's case.

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1 N.C. 58, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/hale-v-higgins-circtnc-1793.