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Davis v. . Moss

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 1879PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Petition by plaintiff to Rehear filed and heard at June Term, 1879, of The Supkeme Coukt. The petitioner is informed and believes there is error in the judgment rendered in this case and reported in 80 N. C., 141, and among the errors assigned he stated that the court substantially held that the justices of the peace of Wilson county appointed the defendant to the clerkship of the inferior court for two years, whereas the case agreed states that they declined to make any…

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Petition by plaintiff to Rehear filed and heard at June Term, 1879, of The Supkeme Coukt. The petitioner is informed and believes there is error in the judgment rendered in this case and reported in 80 N. C., 141, and among the errors assigned he stated that the court substantially held that the justices of the peace of Wilson county appointed the defendant to the clerkship of the inferior court for two years, whereas the case agreed states that they declined to make any appointment; and if such appointment had been made, it would have been a nullity for the reason that defendant being…

1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.

This is a petition to rehear the judgment rendered in this case at the last term of the court. It is a submission of a controversy without action to determine the title to the office of the clerk of the inferior court of Wilson county. For the reasons assigned in the case of Saunders v. Gatling, decided at this term ante 298, the proceeding cannot be sustained. The attention of the court was not called at the last term in the argument of this case to the provisions of section 366 of the code, or the action would have been dismissed.

The judgment, therefore, rendered at the last term is…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Davis v. . MossSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Board of Health v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941

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