Legal Opinion

Brittain v. . Mull

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 5, 1885PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal — Certiorari—Undertaking on Appeal. Application by the plaintiff for a writ of certiorari as a substitute for an appeal, heard at October Term, 1885, of the Supreme Court.

1Opinion of the CourtMerkimon, J.

This is an application for the writ of certio-rari as a substitute for an appeal. It appears, to our satisfaction, that at Spring Term, of the present year, of the Superior Court of the county of Burke, the Court, in an action wherein the petitioner was plaintiff' and S. E. Mull and others were defendants, gave judgment against the petitioner, from which she promptly took an appeal to this Court; that she was poor and unable, by reason of her poverty, to give the security required by law for her appeal, and that she made affidavit of that fact, and that she was advised by counsel learned in…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. . WarrenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888

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