State Bank of North-Carolina v. Clark

Supreme Court of North Carolina

State Bank of North-Carolina v. Clark

8 N.C. 36

DecidedJune 15, 1820

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State Bank of North-Carolina v. Clark, 8 N.C. 36 (N.C. 1820).

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The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Tavxor, Chief-Justice.

The acceptance and payment of a check is prima fade evidence, that the Plaintiffs had in deposit money of the [37]*37.Defendants wherewith to pay it $ and if the fact were not so. it is incumbent upon the Plaintiffs to prove by the state of the accounts, that the Defendants have over-drawn. But that cannot be shewn by the books mf the bank, which is only a private corporation, and they áre inadmissible in favor of the Plaintiffs.

The judgment below is affirmed.

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The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Tavxor, Chief-Justice.

The acceptance and payment of a check is prima fade evidence, that the Plaintiffs had in deposit money of the [37]*37.Defendants wherewith to pay it $ and if the fact were not so. it is incumbent upon the Plaintiffs to prove by the state of the accounts, that the Defendants have over-drawn. But that cannot be shewn by the books mf the bank, which is only a private corporation, and they áre inadmissible in favor of the Plaintiffs.

The judgment below is affirmed.

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8 N.C. 36, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-bank-of-north-carolina-v-clark-nc-1820.