Coley v. . Lewis
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action tried on appeal at Spring Term, 1884, of Halifax Superior Court, before Avery, J. Judgment for defendant; appeal by plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The plaintiff’s action is to enforce the penalty of two hundred dollars, alleged to have been incurred under the act of February 12,1872, constituting chapter 42 of The Code, and entitled “ Marriage and Marriage Settlements and the Contracts of Married Women.”
The material facts.presented in the “case agreed” and submitted to the judge in the superior court for his determination of the law arising thereon, are these :
On December 14,1881, one Lewis Edwards applied to the defendant, who was then register of deeds for the county of Halifax, for a license for the marriage of Álick Powell, his…
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