W. R. S. Burbank v. . S. H. Wiley
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an equity cause pending in the Court of Equity for Beaufort county at the adoption of the Code of Civil Procedure, and was transferred to the Superior Court under the provisions of the Code. At Fall Term 1810, His Honor Judge Jones, proceeded to render a decree in the old form, which, however, contained no declaration or finding of the facts, nor did they otherwise appear from the papers, to have been found.
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This was an equity cause pending in the Court of Equity for Beaufort county at the adoption of the Code of Civil Procedure, and was transferred to the Superior Court under the provisions of the Code. At Fall Term 1810, His Honor Judge Jones, proceeded to render a decree in the old form, which, however, contained no declaration or finding of the facts, nor did they otherwise appear from the papers, to have been found. From this decree the defendant appealed. moved to remand for the above stated defect.
1Opinion of the Court
Reade, J..A decree ought to declare the facts, upon which, the law is adjudged. Under the C. C. P., when that is not done in new cases, we have to send the case back because we can try no issue of fact. It is otherwise in equity cases pending at tlie adoption of C. 0. P., as this case was. But even in old cases we usually direct issues to be sent down. The decree in this case declares no tacts, and the issues are such as we are unwilling to try. We have, then, either to send down issues or to remand the case that his Honor below may, in such way as may seem to him best, find the facts. To…
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- Burbank v. . WileySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878