3 N.C. 2
Superior Court of North Carolina
Decided July 5, 1797
Superior Court of North Carolina · decided 1797-07-05
*1PHE cleric and master Mr.Iredell, had issued his execution for about the sum of four hundred pounds as due for the- costs of this suit, which Diekerson complained of. And the court in the beginning of this Term referred it to Mr. Blair to state to the Court the services which had been performed by Mr. Iredell. He accordingly made his report; whereupon several questions, arose and were debated at the bar.
Decided 1797-07-05
¶1 He shall charge as for one word for each sum expressed ;n -figures in pounds, shillings and pence. as for instance, yC. 1 10 Í1, ■expressed in figures shall be charged for as for one word.
¶2 Another question was, what should be deemed a copy sheet; •that not being expressed in the act of 1787, ch. 22, sec. 3.
¶3 Per curiam, it is mentioned in the act of 1782, ch. 11, sec. 4, to be ninety words.: the legislature meant the same thing in the act of 1787.