REPORTS

OF

CASES AT LAW 9

ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN

51

THE SUPREME COURT

HARVAR
NORTH CAROLINA,
LAV SCHOOL

LIBRARY.

From December Term, 1843, June Term 1844, both inclusive.

BY JAMES IREDELL.

VOL. IV.

RALEIGH:

PUBLISHED BY TURNER & HUGHES.

1844.

THOS. J. LEMAY......PRINTER.

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA,

DURING THE PERIOD COMPRISED IN THIS VOLUME.

HON. THOMAS RUFFIN, Chief Justice.

HON. JOSEPH J. DANIEL.

HON. WILLIAM GASTON, who died January, 1844.
HON. FREDERIC NASH, at June Term, 1844.

JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS.

HON. THOMAS SETTLE.

HON. JOHN M. DICK.

HON. JOHN L. BAILEY.

HON. FREDERIC NASH, during the Spring Circuit, 1844. HON. RICHMOND M. PEARSON.

HON. WILLIAM H. BATTLE.

HON. MATTHIAS E. MANLY.

HON. DAVID F. CALDWELL, appointed 10th July, 1844.

A TABLE

NAMES OF CASES

REPORTED IN THIS VOLUME.

THE LETTER v. FOLLOWS THE NAME OF THE PLAINTIFF.