Faison v. . Bowden
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioh, tried before Kerr at Spring Term, 1875,, of DdpliN Superior Court. The action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant who is the executor of Buckner L. Hill, to recover the sum of $1,565.57, alleged to be due the plaintiff for professional services rendered the deceased by the plaintiff as a physician.
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Civil actioh, tried before Kerr at Spring Term, 1875,, of DdpliN Superior Court. The action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant who is the executor of Buckner L. Hill, to recover the sum of $1,565.57, alleged to be due the plaintiff for professional services rendered the deceased by the plaintiff as a physician. The items of the bill commenced in the year 1854, and continued up to the time of the death of the testator of' the defendant, in the month of November, 1861, and also..-continued for some time after bis death. The items after the death of the testator are alleged to be…
1Opinion of the Court
'RoomAN, J.
This action was. commenced on 5th October, 1869, -to recover for medical services to the testator, begin ning on 19th April, 1854, and continued until 22d December,.. 1860. The complaint also contained a demand for medical services to the slaves of the testator, rendered after his death., at the request of the executor. On this last demand no question is presented. A large part of the plaintiff’s demand was.. barred by the statute of limitations, and to rebut this bar he, offered in evidence parol promises by the testator to pay the whole demand against him, made in 1858, 1859 and…
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