Whitfield v. . Walk

Superior Court of North Carolina

Whitfield v. . Walk

3 N.C. 24

Superior Court of North Carolina·Decided July 5, 1797·Published

Opinion

Williams, Judge.

It was decided some time ago at Fayette-vilie, in a case similar to the present, that such testimony as is now offered, namely, proof of the hand-writing of the clerk and Iiis absence from this , state, was admissable; but the contrary has been decided since by the opinion of the greater part of the judges in this state, therefore it cannot be received.

Judge Haywood assented.

The plaintiff then gave other evidence and had a verdict.1

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Williams, Judge.

It was decided some time ago at Fayette-vilie, in a case similar to the present, that such testimony as is now offered, namely, proof of the hand-writing of the clerk and Iiis absence from this , state, was admissable; but the contrary has been decided since by the opinion of the greater part of the judges in this state, therefore it cannot be received.

Judge Haywood assented.

The plaintiff then gave other evidence and had a verdict.1

Whitfield v. . Walk, 3 N.C. 24 (N.C. Ct. App. 1797).

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