Dewey v. . Sugg
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a PETITION, heard before Whitaker, J., at March Term, 1891, of the Superior Court of Pitt County. The Sheriff of said county, having in his hands moneys made by levy on and sale of lands of one William Whitehead under divers executions, one of which had issued on a certain judgment, hereinafter referred to, renden d against said Whitehead as well as against one B. F. Sugg, and being advised that the said judgment had not been duly docketed in Pitt County as to the…
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This was a PETITION, heard before Whitaker, J., at March Term, 1891, of the Superior Court of Pitt County. The Sheriff of said county, having in his hands moneys made by levy on and sale of lands of one William Whitehead under divers executions, one of which had issued on a certain judgment, hereinafter referred to, renden d against said Whitehead as well as against one B. F. Sugg, and being advised that the said judgment had not been duly docketed in Pitt County as to the said Whitehead, before the 13th day of December, prayed the Court in said petition for its order and instructions as to…
1Opinion of the CourtMerrimon, C. J.
after stating the case, proceeded: The records of the Courts are very important and essential in the administration of public justice. Appropriate statutes and general principles of law, to some extent, require the Courts to make them, prescribe their purpose, where and by whom they shall be kept, and when and where they may be seen by every person interested to see them. While they are of great general utility, they import verity and constitute the highest evidence of the rights and liabilities of all persons whom they directly concern and affect, and serve to give notice and information for…
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