Harbison v. . Hall
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN on an account for $88.38, for goods sold and delivered, taken by appeal from the Justice’s Court of GeaN-villtd County to the Superior Court. Case on Appeal. This civil action, to recover for goods sold and delivered, to the defendants by the plaintiffs, was tried at the November Term, 1898, of Granville County Superior Court, before Timberlalce, J., and a jury.
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Civil ActioN on an account for $88.38, for goods sold and delivered, taken by appeal from the Justice’s Court of GeaN-villtd County to the Superior Court. Case on Appeal. This civil action, to recover for goods sold and delivered, to the defendants by the plaintiffs, was tried at the November Term, 1898, of Granville County Superior Court, before Timberlalce, J., and a jury. The plaintiffs first offered in evidence an itemized statement of their account against the defendant, duly verified before a Notary Public, which said account showed that the goods were sold and delivered to the…
1Opinion of the CourtEairclotii, C. J.
Action for goods sold and delivered. Plea: Payment. The defendant testified that he had paid the entire account. One of the plaintiffs testified that the account had not been paid. The plaintiffs then offered to show by their cashier and bookkeeper, in corroboration of their testimony, the custom of the firm in regard to their system of entries in their books, when checks and moneys, etc., were received, and that an investigation of the„books failed to show any evidence of payment by the defendant. This evidence was excluded by the Court, and the plaintiffs excepted and appealed.
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- Love v. . SmathersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880
- Vaughan v. . Raleigh and Gaston R. R. CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1868
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- White v. . TrippSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1899