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70 N.C. 444

Witherington v. . Phillips

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 5, 1874

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1874-01-05

Civil actioN, for the recovery of a note commenced in a Justice’s Court, and carried by appeal to his Honor, Judge Cla/rlce, at Chambers in GreeNE County. The note sued on was for $12.874- payable within six months after March 24th, 1857.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1928

1 state decisions

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Decided 1874-01-05

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RodhaN, J.

¶1 The case of McKenzie v. Culbreth, 66 N. C., 534, settles that the payment, evidenced by the receipt of 1st of *445 November, 1865, being for an appreciable sum less than the amount due on the note, did not discharge the note in full, but was only a payment pro tanto. The payment is not even stated to be in full in the receipt. The Judge erred therefore in holding it a discharge in full. Judgment reversed and plaintiff will recover in this Court the residue of the note after deducting the payment. It is certainly to be regretted that so much costs should have been incurred for a pitiful claim of about thirty-seven cents.

¶2 Pee Cueiah. Judgment reversed.

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