Lockhart v. . Bell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PETITION by plaintiff to rehear, beard at February Term,, 1884, of Ti-ie Supreme Court. The decision of the case, adverse to the plaintiff petitioner, and which she now seeks to have reversed, is reported in 86 N.. a, 443.
1Opinion of the Court
Merkimon, 3.
All courts, and especially courts of final jurisdiction, should decide the cases that come before them for adjudication upon thorough examination and the most careful, consideration. When they have so decided, it is of the highest importance that they adhere firmly to their decisions; they should modify or reverse them only when the error assigned is manifest. It is due to the parties litigant, and it is important in a more general and higher sense to the public in the administration of justice, that there shall be a decent and orderly end to litigation, and that the decisions of…
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