State Ex Rel. White v. Robinson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Exceptions to a report, tried before Logan,at Spring 'Term 1870 of Cabarrus Court. Tire facts are stated in the Opinion. The Commissioners had reported, charging the defendant with the loss; and the Judge overruled his exception to the ^report. The defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDior, J.
The rules of law laid down in the oases of Cummings v. Mebane, 63 N. C. 315, and Shipp v. Hettrick, Ib. 329, govern this case. In the administration of justice, this Court feels constrained to take judicial notice of the anomalous condition of things which existed during the late war and the transition period which preceded the adoption of our present State government.
In 1861 the rightful government of this State was subverted by a government of paramount force. In the constant changes of revolution, the well established laws of trade commerce and finance were so much deranged that prudence…
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- State Ex Rel . Cummings v. . MebaneSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1869
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