Hughes v. . Boone
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, tried before Graves, J, at January Term, 1888, of the Superior Court of Northampton County. Wm. T. Stephenson died in 1876, and the plaintiff is his executor.
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Civil action, tried before Graves, J, at January Term, 1888, of the Superior Court of Northampton County. Wm. T. Stephenson died in 1876, and the plaintiff is his executor. This action was brought March 3, 1883, The complaint alleges that on the 3d day of January, 1874, the defendant executed to his testator two bonds, each for the sum of $1,120, payable on the 3d day of January, 1875, with twelve per cent, interest thereon from January 3, 1875, till paid, the consideration being for money lent. It further alleges that divers payments were made on said bonds, setting them out in detail,…
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
(after stating the case). The 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th-exceptions may be considered together, as they all rest upon the same general ground.
The endorsements upon the papers, in the handwriting of the plaintiff’s testator, were offered as declarations or admissions in regard to the cotton, for the proceeds of which the defendant insists he was entitled to credit. That the admissions or declarations of a party to a, matter in controvery, in-regard to that matter, whether oral or written, are admissible as against such party, is too plain to be questioned; but it is insisted by counsel for the…
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