Gillis v. Wilmington, Onslow & East Carolina Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil action, for damages for breach of contract, tried before MacRae, J., at November Term, 1890, of Cumberland Superior Court. The single issue submitted, with the response thereto, was as follows: “Is the defendant indebted to the plaintiff as alleged; if so, in what sum? Answer.
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This was a civil action, for damages for breach of contract, tried before MacRae, J., at November Term, 1890, of Cumberland Superior Court. The single issue submitted, with the response thereto, was as follows: “Is the defendant indebted to the plaintiff as alleged; if so, in what sum? Answer. The defendant is indebted $275.” Rule for new trial for errors alleged as to admission of testimony and upon, the following-exceptions'to the charge: The defendant excepted to his Honor’s charge— 1. For that his Honor assumed in said charge that there was sufficient evidence of the search of the…
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The single issue submitted, with the response thereto, was as follows:
"Is the defendant indebted to the plaintiff as alleged; if so, in what sum? Answer: The defendant is indebted $275."
Rule for new trial for errors alleged as to the admission of testimony and upon the following exceptions to the charge:
The defendant excepted to his Honor's charge —(442) 1. For that his Honor assumed in said charge that there was sufficient evidence of the search of the plaintiff for the alleged letters containing the alleged contract, and their loss, to justify the admission of secondary evidence of…
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