Marriner v. John L. Roper Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, tried at Special Term, 1892, Washington Superior Court, before Holce, J., on appeal from a Justice of the Peace, before whom the plaintiffs, as transferees of the payees, brought their action to recover in money the 'aggregate value of certain orders issued since April, 1891, by the defendant corporation to the plaintiff's transferors for labor done and payable “ in merchandise.”
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Civil action, tried at Special Term, 1892, Washington Superior Court, before Holce, J., on appeal from a Justice of the Peace, before whom the plaintiffs, as transferees of the payees, brought their action to recover in money the 'aggregate value of certain orders issued since April, 1891, by the defendant corporation to the plaintiff's transferors for labor done and payable “ in merchandise.” At the trial in the Court below everything was admitted necessary to bring before the Court the construction of the Act of 1889, ch. 280. It was in evidence that the plaintiffs had demanded the payment…
1Opinion of the Court
MacRae, J.:
Everything is admitted in this case to bring before the Court the question of the construction of the Act of 1889, ch. 280, whether the assignee of the order or “ scrip ” issued by defendant, payable in merchandise, is entitled to require of defendant payment of the face value of the same in money instead of in merchandise. The language of the first section of the statute is as follows:
“ That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, who employ laborers by the day, week or month, to issue in payment for such labor any ticket or tickets or other scrip…
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