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77 N.C. 270

Wait v. . Williams

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 1877

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1877-06-05

Civil Action tried at January Special Term, 1877, of Wake Superior Court, before Schenck, J. This was an appeal from a judgment rendered by a J ustice-of the Peace in favor of the plaintiff. The facts appear in the opinion. His Honor upon the trial in the Court below gave judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed..

Decided 1877-06-05

Reads, J.

¶1 The defendant was indebted to an Insurance: Company of which the plaintiff- was agent. The defendant drew an order on Jones & Co. for the amount, and the defendant and the plaintiff both together' went to Jones & Co. with the order, and Jones & Co. paid a part, and could not pay the whole. The plaintiff then, at the request of the defendant, advanced to the Insurance Company the balance which the defendant owed, and the defendant became indebted to the plaintiff individually, and not as agent, for the amount so advanced. And the defendant left the said order upon Jones & Co. with the plaintiff, with instructions to hold it and try to collect it out of Jones & Co., and with the proceeds pay himself. The plaintiff used due diligence to collect it, and failed, because Jones & Co. could not pay it.

¶2*271 Upon this state of facts there is not even a plausible reason why the plaintiff should not recover.

¶3 There is no error.

¶4 Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed.

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