Legal Opinion

James v. . Long

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 5, 1873Published

Civil action, tried at Fall Term, 1872, of Iredell Superior Court, before Mitchell, J. The suit was brought on a guaranty given by defendants for the payment of certain notes, principal and interest, described in a list, underneath which the guaranty, in the following words, was written and signed by defendants : “We, the undersigned, have this day sold to Thomas James, administrator of Martha Potts, deceased, the notes listed above, and we bind ourselves for any or all of…

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Civil action, tried at Fall Term, 1872, of Iredell Superior Court, before Mitchell, J. The suit was brought on a guaranty given by defendants for the payment of certain notes, principal and interest, described in a list, underneath which the guaranty, in the following words, was written and signed by defendants : “We, the undersigned, have this day sold to Thomas James, administrator of Martha Potts, deceased, the notes listed above, and we bind ourselves for any or all of the above-named notes should the said James fail to collect the same.” (Signed and sealed by the defendants.) The main…

1Opinion of the CourtReade, J.

A list of notes is made out with the amount of each note run out, and interest calculated upon each, and run out also, and then the whole amount, principal and in terest, added up and set down at $4,496.69. And then at the foot is the following :

“ We, the undersigned, have this day sold to Thomas A. James, administrator, &c., the notes listed above; and we bind ourselves for any and all of the above-named notes should the-said James fail to collect the same.”

Some of the notes were dated before the war and some-after the war, and of course were not subject to be scaled ; others were dated…

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Carter v. . McGeheeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1868

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