Montfort v. . Alston

Superior Court of North Carolina

Montfort v. . Alston

2 N.C. 2

DecidedOctober 5, 1790

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Montfort v. . Alston, 2 N.C. 2 (N.C. Ct. App. 1790).

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When Virginia money is contracted for in this State, payable here, it must be determined according to the rates established by law, not according to the exchange; otherwise were it contracted in a foreign country and there payable. But if in State contracts the exchange at Halifax, for instance, shall be the measure, when it is different at Edenton, and still more so at other places, this would be a strange mode of administering justice.

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When Virginia money is contracted for in this State, payable here, it must be determined according to the rates established by law, not according to the exchange; otherwise were it contracted in a foreign country and there payable. But if in State contracts the exchange at Halifax, for instance, shall be the measure, when it is different at Edenton, and still more so at other places, this would be a strange mode of administering justice.

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2 N.C. 2, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/montfort-v-alston-ncsuperct-1790.