Watson v. . Dodd
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Petitioh to RE-heaR the judgment in this ease entered in this Court at its January Term, 1873; and which is reported in the 68 N. C. Reports, 528. The facts of the case are fully stated in the report of the case at January Term, 1873.
1Opinion of the Court
PeaRSOít, O. J.
The weightiest considerations make it the duty of the Courts to adhere to their decisions. No case ought to ho reversed upon petition to re-hear, unless it was decided hastily, and some material point was overlooked, or some direct authority was not called to the attention of the Court. Such is not the fact in this instance.
Watson v. Dodd, 68 N. C. Rep., 528, was decided upon full argument by counsel, and after full consideration by the Court, and must be treated as an authority, by which the law is settled.
Mr. Haywood in his much elaborated, and I will add, very able argument…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Watson v. . DoddSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1873
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