Tinsley v. . Hoskins
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil actioN, tried at the February Term of Guilford Superior Court, before Whitaker, J., upon appeal from a Justice of the Peace The facts may be gathered from the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Shepherd, C. J.:
The defendant executed to the plaintiff a promissory note for the sum of $146.35, payable on the 1st of July, 1889, “with legal iutere-t from maturity,” and it was stipulated therein “that in case this note is collected by legal process, the usual collection fee shall be due and payable therewith.”
The sole question presented for review is whether such a stipulation is valid and enforceable. The point has never been passed upon by this Court, and there is some conflict of judicial decisions upon the subject in other States. We think, however, that the ruling of his Honor is…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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