Harper v. Pinkston
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actior, brought to Fall Term, 1892, of Vaxck Superior Court, by J. S. Harper against R. R. Pinkston, J. A. Bridges, W. E. Gary and W. L. Cunninggim for alleged slander of plaintiff’s wife. The complaint was as follows: “1. That plaintiff was, on the 28th day of November, A. D. 1883, legally married to his present wife, then Miss Lizzie A. Moss, and the marriage has continued until the present time.
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Civil actior, brought to Fall Term, 1892, of Vaxck Superior Court, by J. S. Harper against R. R. Pinkston, J. A. Bridges, W. E. Gary and W. L. Cunninggim for alleged slander of plaintiff’s wife. The complaint was as follows: “1. That plaintiff was, on the 28th day of November, A. D. 1883, legally married to his present wife, then Miss Lizzie A. Moss, and the marriage has continued until the present time. “ 2. That on the-day of-r, 1891, the defendants, in said county of Vance, in the presence and hearing of divers good citizens of said county, as plaintiff is informed and believes,…
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concurring: When Lord Denman’s Act was passed by Parliament in 1851, the various courts of law' and chancery were still maintained with the established procedui’e in each, and this fact, in part, accounts for the modification of the second section of that statute by the Acts of 1866 '(Bat. Rev., ch. 43, sec. 15), and the subsequent acts culminating in the enactment of The Code, §580. The English statute provided that in all actions or proceedings, *297and at all stages, before any person baying authority to hear evidence, “the parties thereto and the persons in whose behalf any such…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Redmond v. Commissioners of the Town of TarboroSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Bridgers v. . TaylorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
- McDougald v. CowardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886