Harrell v. . Elliott

Superior Court of North Carolina

Harrell v. . Elliott

1 N.C. 92

Superior Court of North Carolina·Decided July 5, 1798·Published

Opinion

The defendant offered one of the Justices of the Court to prove that he had received the examination of the feme; but,

By the Court: What is done in Court can only be proved by the records of the Court; and though the act does not expressly require the *Page 92 woman's acknowledgment to be put into writing, or to be recorded, yet it is required that it should be made in Court, and received by a member of the Court. The evidence, therefore, cannot be received.

Verdict for the plaintiff.

(93)

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The defendant offered one of the Justices of the Court to prove that he had received the examination of the feme; but,

By the Court: What is done in Court can only be proved by the records of the Court; and though the act does not expressly require the *Page 92 woman's acknowledgment to be put into writing, or to be recorded, yet it is required that it should be made in Court, and received by a member of the Court. The evidence, therefore, cannot be received.

Verdict for the plaintiff.

(93)

Harrell v. . Elliott, 1 N.C. 92 (N.C. Ct. App. 1798).

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