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9 N.C. 364

Mera v. . Scales

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 1823

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1823-06-05

From Caswell. Certiorari. Muffin, in this case, moved for a certiora-ri* on an affidavit made by Scales» stating that he was informed by his co-defendant, that several days before the meeting of this Court, the Defendant (McCain) sent to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Caswell for the record in this case, that lie might bring it up, and was told by the Clerk that he had made out the record and sent if up.

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¶1The affidavit is sufficient; let a certiorari issue.

¶2And now, on the return of the certiorari, the record showed it to have been an action of covenant in which the breach assigned was the nonpayment of $2,650, which defendant, by his covenant, had bound himself to pay. The jury found that defendants had paid to the plaintiff $2,650.15 and assessed the plaintiff's damages to $39.29. Thereupon, defendant's counsel moved, but without success, to nonsuit the plaintiff.

¶3This action is not brought on a bond, note, or liquidated account, and therefore is not within the act of 1820, which declares that in such cases the jurisdiction of the Superior and county courts shall be ousted by plea in abatement. Nor did the act which gives concurrent jurisdiction in all cases for civil injuries to the Superior and county courts alter the modeof ousting jurisdiction in either. In this case, the declaration shows the nature of the demand, and the verdict of the jury the amount due, and there being no affidavit under the act of 1777, the court law, as it is called, there must be judgment of nonsuit.

¶4PER CURIAM. Action dismissed. *206

¶5(366)

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