Johnson v. . Rich
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, heard at Spring Term, 1896, of HarNett Superior Court, before Melver, J. There was a judgment for plaintiff and defendant appealed. The facts appear in the opinion of Associate Justice Furohes.
1Opinion of the Court
Furches, J.:
One Benjamin Johnson had an action of ejectment against defendant’s intestate during his life-time, and plaintiff alleges that he was summoned as a witness by the sheriff of Harnett county for the defendant in that action, and attended court as such for a number of terms; that he filed his witness ticket in the clerk’s office; that the court house has since been burned and his tickets destroyed by the fire.
Plaintiff was allowed to testify, under the objection of defendant, that he attended court as a witness, and the number of days he so attended. Defendant’s objection was…
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