Weathers v. . Borders

This case was heard at Fall Term, 1897, and reported in 121 N.C. 389.

It has been held that a petition to rehear a case, which had been decided by this Court, should contain a plain, concise statement of the facts or law overlooked, or erroneously decided; but that it should not undertake to establish such alleged errors by a course of reasoning. Whitev. Jones, 92 N.C. 388.

This petition is an argument containing ten pages of printed matter with citation of authorities to sustain the argument, and was used as a brief by the petitioner in his argument. This rule may not always have been observed…