North Carolina Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina, Volume 67Nichols & Gorman, book and job printers, 1872 - Law reports, digests, etc Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina. |
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... sell him goods on credit , to the value of five hundred dollars he would pay for the goods , and the amount due on the old account , to wit , two thousand dollars ; that the sale of the five hundred dollars worth of goods was so made ...
... sell him goods on credit , to the value of five hundred dollars he would pay for the goods , and the amount due on the old account , to wit , two thousand dollars ; that the sale of the five hundred dollars worth of goods was so made ...
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... sell and deliver ten new buggies , for a breach of which contract damages may be recovered . We quality the proposition ; for here there was no price paid , and the only consideration for the contract was to secure debts , that is , a ...
... sell and deliver ten new buggies , for a breach of which contract damages may be recovered . We quality the proposition ; for here there was no price paid , and the only consideration for the contract was to secure debts , that is , a ...
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... selling his crop , it ought not to be presumed , but must be averred , that the remo- val is with a fraudulent intent . It is insisted , however , that the words of the statute are in the alternative , " without his permission , or ...
... selling his crop , it ought not to be presumed , but must be averred , that the remo- val is with a fraudulent intent . It is insisted , however , that the words of the statute are in the alternative , " without his permission , or ...
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... sell and pay off all liabilities for which said S. may be liable for him , " ( the said H. , ) do not operate to extend the security to past liabilities . Case agreed , upon questions arising in proceedings supple- mentary to execution ...
... sell and pay off all liabilities for which said S. may be liable for him , " ( the said H. , ) do not operate to extend the security to past liabilities . Case agreed , upon questions arising in proceedings supple- mentary to execution ...
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... sell and convey unto the said party of the second part , his executors , administrators and assigns , all his present stock of groceries , provisions , liquors , confectioneries , and all and every other article of stock now on hand ...
... sell and convey unto the said party of the second part , his executors , administrators and assigns , all his present stock of groceries , provisions , liquors , confectioneries , and all and every other article of stock now on hand ...
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Page 177 - Court is bound to give such judgment as the Court below ought to have given.
Page 243 - The court may, before, or after judgment, in furtherance of justice, and on such terms as may be proper, amend any pleading, process, or proceeding, by adding or striking out the name of any party, or by correcting a mistake in the name of a party, or a mistake in any other respect...
Page 147 - No variance between the allegation in a pleading and the proof is to be deemed material, unless it has actually misled the adverse party to his prejudice in maintaining his action or defense upon the merits.
Page 4 - The distinction between actions at law and suits in equity, and the forms of all such actions and suits, heretofore existing, are abolished, and there shall be, in this state, hereafter, but one form of action, for the enforcement, or protection of private rights, and the redress of private wrongs, which shall be denominated a civil action.
Page 451 - The undertaking on appe.al must be in writing, and must be executed on the part of the appellant, by at least two sureties, to the effect that the appellant will pay all damages and costs which may be awarded against him on the appeal, or on a dismissal thereof, not exceeding three hundred dollars; or that sum must be deposited with the clerk with whom the judgment or order was entered, to abide the event of the appeal.
Page 7 - That in all controversies at law, respecting property, the ancient mode of trial by jury is one of the best securities of the rights of the people, and ought to remain sacred and inviolable.
Page 392 - And where a suit is now pending, or may be hereafter brought, in any State court, in which there is a controversy between a citizen of the State in which the suit is brought and a citizen of another State...
Page 16 - The flight of a person suspected of crime is a circumstance to be weighed by the jury as tending in some degree to prove a consciousness of guilt, and is entitled to more or less weight, according to the circumstances of the particular case. Such evidence is received, not as a part of the res gestae of the criminal act itself, but as indicative of a guilty mind.
Page 131 - That no debt created by the fraud or embezzlement of the bankrupt, or by his defalcation as a public officer, or while acting in any fiduciary character, shall be discharged under this act...
Page 242 - The relief granted to the plaintiff, if there be no answer, cannot exceed that which he shall have demanded in his complaint; but in any other case, the court may grant him any relief consistent with the case made by the complaint and embraced within the issue.