Legal Opinion

Lytle v. . Lytle

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1884PublishedCited by 3 opinions

MOTION by plaintiff to dismiss an appeal heard at February Term, 1884, of The Supreme Court.

1Opinion of the CourtMerrijjoN, J.

The appellee moved to dismiss the appeal upon the ground that the undertaking upon appeal had not been justified as required by the statute.

It does not appear in the record, or otherwise, that the undertaking, or a deposit of money with the clerk, ordered by the court, was 'waived by a “written consent on the part of the respondent,”*the plaintiff. An affidavit of the surety accompanies the undertaking upon appeal, but it is fatally defective, in that it does not state that'the affiant “is worth double the amount specified therein.” The statute is peremptory in requiring this fact to be…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hakshaw's Executors v. McDowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Anthony v. . CarterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  2. McCanless v. . ReynoldsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  3. Turner v. . QuinnSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884

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