Dewey v. . Littlejohn
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a canso removed by consent from Wake Court of Equity, at Spring Term 1843. The bill was filed, answers put in, replication thereto, and no proofs taken on either side. In this state of the cause, it was set for hearing. The following facts were exhibited by the bill and answers. The defendant, Thomas Ii.
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This was a canso removed by consent from Wake Court of Equity, at Spring Term 1843. The bill was filed, answers put in, replication thereto, and no proofs taken on either side. In this state of the cause, it was set for hearing. The following facts were exhibited by the bill and answers. The defendant, Thomas Ii. Littlejohn, became indebted to the plaintiff in 1839, by endorsing a bill of exchange, drawn by one Hunt, and the plaintiff recovered judgment thereon against him, T. B. Littlejohn, for $1902 70, besides costs, at August County Court, 1840, of Granville. The plaintiff issued a fieri…
1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, C. J.
The admitted fact's that the debts for which J. B. Littlejohn, John Nuttall and Willis Lewis were respectively sureties for T. B. Littlejohn,- have been paid many years past, require the court to put all the deeds of October 30, 1827, out of the plaintiff’s way, except so far as one of those to John Nuttall may be supported, as á security for the balance that may be due from T. B. Littlejohn to his .brother on their partnership dealings. So the deed to Thomas B. Lewis, dated 29th of February, 183G, for the indemnity of Venable, as surety for the debt to John R. Hicks, and not registered until…
2Cited by1 opinion
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