A. D. Puffer & Sons' Manufacturing Co. v. Baker
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Contract — Bailment—Trial—Evidence. Civil action, tried before MacRae, J., at Spring Term, 1889, of Edgegombe Superior Court. The plaintiffs, an incorporated company, commenced their action on April 4, 1889, before a Justice of the Peace in Edgecombe County, to recover the several sums due on four notes, each for twenty-five dollars, and maturing on August 3d, November 8d, and December 3d of that year, and the fourth on January 3d of the next year.
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Contract — Bailment—Trial—Evidence. Civil action, tried before MacRae, J., at Spring Term, 1889, of Edgegombe Superior Court. The plaintiffs, an incorporated company, commenced their action on April 4, 1889, before a Justice of the Peace in Edgecombe County, to recover the several sums due on four notes, each for twenty-five dollars, and maturing on August 3d, November 8d, and December 3d of that year, and the fourth on January 3d of the next year. The first, the others differing only in the time of maturity, is in form as follows : “ $25.00 BostoN, Mass, May 3d, 1888. “ August 3d, 1888,…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
— -after stating the case: The writing, to the introduction of which before the Court objection is made, was the initiation of the negotiation which terminated in the contract of May 3, 1888, and seems to have been secured as a preliminary part of the transaction, perhaps shedding some light upon the provisions, but not to change or in any respect modify the agreement represented in the two papers; nor does it seem to have been allowed any force or weight in putting a construction upon their terms. • It was, therefore, harmless, and could have had no effect upon the mind or influenced the…
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