Legal Opinion

Morrison v. . Baker

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 1879PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Civil ActioN commenced in Robeson and removed to and heard upon exceptions to a referee’s report at Fall Term, 1878, of Richmond Superior Court, before Buxton, J. The plaintiff brought three actions in a justice’s court against the defendant, and alleged in his complaint that on or about the 12th day of March, 1875, and from time to time thereafter until the 10th of April, 1875, the firm of Patterson & Co. sold and delivered goods and merchandise to defendant in certain…

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Civil ActioN commenced in Robeson and removed to and heard upon exceptions to a referee’s report at Fall Term, 1878, of Richmond Superior Court, before Buxton, J. The plaintiff brought three actions in a justice’s court against the defendant, and alleged in his complaint that on or about the 12th day of March, 1875, and from time to time thereafter until the 10th of April, 1875, the firm of Patterson & Co. sold and delivered goods and merchandise to defendant in certain amounts, due by account, and that defendant agreed to pay cash for the same; that plaintiff became the sole owner of the…

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

The plaintiff brought three actions against the defendant before a justice of the peace to recover the separated parts of a running and continuous account of merchandise sold and delivered, and from the judgment rendered thereon on the 3rd day of October, 1875, appealed to the superior court of Robeson county. A complaint, accompanied by the account as an exhibit, and answer both in writing and in due form, were put in before the justice, and constitute part of the transcript sent up in the appeal.

The case made up for this court states, though the record does not disclose the fact, that at…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Glenn v. Farmer's Bank of North CarolinaSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1874
  2. Brumble v. . BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1874
  3. Green v. . CastleberrySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Peele v. PowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
  2. Anderson v. SpenceIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
  3. Jamerson v. . LoganSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1948
  4. Gulley v. . MacYSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
  5. Holler v. . RichardsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889

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