Leggett v. . Glover
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotioN to recover a book account, commenced in a Justice’s Court and carried by appeal to the Superior Court of RobesoN county, and tried before Clarke, Ui, at the Special (January) Term, 1874. On the trial below the plaintiff offered himself as a witness to prove the sale and delivery of the goods, the subject of the action, to the defendant Rozier’s testator, contending that he was authorized to do so under the book-debt law. Defendants objected.
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Civil aotioN to recover a book account, commenced in a Justice’s Court and carried by appeal to the Superior Court of RobesoN county, and tried before Clarke, Ui, at the Special (January) Term, 1874. On the trial below the plaintiff offered himself as a witness to prove the sale and delivery of the goods, the subject of the action, to the defendant Rozier’s testator, contending that he was authorized to do so under the book-debt law. Defendants objected. His Honor overruled the objection and the plaintiff proved his account and had a verdict of $50 against Rozier, the executor-. The case…
1Opinion of the Court
On the trial below the plaintiff offered himself as a witness to prove the sale and delivery of the goods, the subject of the action, to the defendant Rozier's testator, contending that he was authorized to do so under the book-debt law. Defendants objected. His Honor overruled the objection and the plaintiff proved his account and had a verdict of $50 against Rozier, the executor.
The case states that the counsel for the defendant, Glover, moved to tax the costs against the plaintiff. Motion refused. Defendant, Rozier, moved the same, and prayed that the judgment should be entered against…
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