Puckett v. . Alexander
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION, heard by Graves, J., at Fall Term, 1887, of Tyrrell Superior Court. The action was begun by the plaintiffs, distributees of W. 0. Puckett, against the defendants, his administrator, and the sureties of his administration bond, for an account and settlement of that estate.
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Civil ACTION, heard by Graves, J., at Fall Term, 1887, of Tyrrell Superior Court. The action was begun by the plaintiffs, distributees of W. 0. Puckett, against the defendants, his administrator, and the sureties of his administration bond, for an account and settlement of that estate. The matter was referred to the Clerk, who filed his report and credited the defendant with the sum of $325 for medical services to the deceased for the year 1883. To this allowance the plaintiffs duly excepted and appealed, and this exception was the only matter heard and determined by the Court A jury trial…
1Opinion of the CourtShepherd, J.
The act of Assembly of 1852, ch. 258, § 2, re-enacted by § 3122 of The Code, provides that “ no person shall practice medicine or surgery, nor any of the branches thereof, nor in any case prescribe for the cure of diseases, for fee or reward, unless he shall be at first licensed to do so in the manner hereinafter provided : Provided, that no person who shall practice in violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” Section 2 of the same act, re-enacted by § 3132 of The Code, provides that-such persons shall not be entitled to sue for or recover before any Court for such…
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