Lee v. . Knapp
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Aotiok tried at Spring Term, 1882, of Davidson Superior Court, before Avery, J. The plaintiff in his complaint alleged that the defendants R. B. Knapp, William Overaker and J. W. Lingenfelter were indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of eleven hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifteen cents, due by account, and promised to pay the same, and that said account is for goods sold and delivered to the defendants during the years 1879 and 1880, and that no part thereof had…
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Civil Aotiok tried at Spring Term, 1882, of Davidson Superior Court, before Avery, J. The plaintiff in his complaint alleged that the defendants R. B. Knapp, William Overaker and J. W. Lingenfelter were indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of eleven hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifteen cents, due by account, and promised to pay the same, and that said account is for goods sold and delivered to the defendants during the years 1879 and 1880, and that no part thereof had been paid, and demanded judgment for the amount alleged to be due and for costs, &c. Summons was served upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
The exceptions taken by the defendants to the ruling of His Honor in excluding the evidence offered by them were properly overruled by the court. The defendants proposed to prove that the articles alleged to have been purchased by them were not bought by them, but by one or the other of the two corporations, in one of which the}'- held official positions. The evidence was of such a character that, if the facts proposed to be proved had been set up in an answer filed by them and sustained by proof, it would undoubtedly have defeated the plaintiff’s action.
And it is settled that on an inquiry…
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