Hudson v. . Jordan
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This is a petition of the defendant to rehear and reverse the judgment of this Court rendered in this action at February Term, 1891, (reported in IOS N. C., 10).
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, J.:
It is of public interest that there shall be an end to litigation. It was said by the Chief Justice in Emry v. Railroad, 105 N. C., 45: “It is but a reiteration of what has been said in a multitude of decided cases of this Court, to say that it will rehear a casé only for very weighty considerations and when the alleged error clearly appears.” And upon a rehearing no case should be reversed unless it appears to have been decided hastily, or some material point overlooked, or some authority was not called to the attention of the Court, or when it appears that in the former decision…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Emry v. Raleigh & Gaston RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
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