Mauney v. . Coit
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action, tried at January Special Terra, 1832, of Davidson Superior Court, before Seymour, J. This action has for its object the recovery of a balance due the plaintiffs for goods sold and delivered and moneys advanced during the years 187.1, 1872, 1878 and part of 1874, to one Amos Howes, trading and mining, at a place known as Gold Hill, in Rowan county, in his own name, and to charge the defendant as a dormant, and until a later date, undiscovered partner associated…
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Civil Action, tried at January Special Terra, 1832, of Davidson Superior Court, before Seymour, J. This action has for its object the recovery of a balance due the plaintiffs for goods sold and delivered and moneys advanced during the years 187.1, 1872, 1878 and part of 1874, to one Amos Howes, trading and mining, at a place known as Gold Hill, in Rowan county, in his own name, and to charge the defendant as a dormant, and until a later date, undiscovered partner associated with him in business, with a liability therefor. This residuary indebtedness was ascertained to be about the first of…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.,
after stating the above. This brief statement prepares us to enter upon a consideration of the appellant’s exceptions.
1. The defendant objects that the plaintiffs were permitted to proceed with the proof of the goods sold and money advanced to Howes, before showing his association with the defendant in the business.
The force of the objection is directed against the order of introducing the testimony and not against the testimony itself. It is a necessary part of the proof to establish the defendant’s liability that the debt- should have been contracted, and it was not…
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