Legal Opinion
Beck v. . Wilkins-Ricks Company
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided October 10, 1923PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtClaeicsoN, J.
The first assignment of error was to the court below admitting in evidence the written examination of plaintiff, taken during the pendency of the action. In this State the “Bill of Discovery” has been abolished and the following has been substituted:
“A party to an action may be examined as a witness at the instance of any adverse party, and for that purpose may be compelled, in the same manner and subject to the same rules of examination as any other witness, to testify, either at the trial or conditionally or upon commission. Where a corporation is a party to the action, this examination may…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Beck v. Wilkins-Ricks Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1920
- Phillips v. Interstate Land Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
- Taylor v. . MillerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
- Mayo v. . GardnerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1857
- Ramsey v. Browder.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
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3Cited by16 opinions
- News & Observer Publishing Co. v. State Ex Rel. StarlingSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
- Bohannon v. TrotmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
- Bohannon v. . TrotmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
- Hunsucker v. CorbittSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
- Armstrong v. . PolakavetzSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1926
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