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Merritt v. Merritt

Superior Court of North Carolina
Oct 1, 1792
2 N.C. 20 (N.C. Super. 1792)

Opinion

(October Term, 1792.)

If defendant is insolvent, execution will issue against plaintiff for his own costs.

PLAINTIFFS in these respective suits had recovered judgments, and executions having been issued against the defendants respectively, nulla bona were returned; and thereupon in the latter of these causes the clerk had issued execution for plaintiff's costs against the plaintiff himself; and the propriety of this measure being moved to the Court, they said unanimously that the plaintiff is liable for his own costs where the defendant is insolvent, and that the clerk was justifiable in what he had done.


The original note of this case is without date, and perhaps it may be misplaced in point of time.

Cited: Office v. Lockman, 12 N.C. 147; Office v. Allen, 52 N.C. 157; Jackson v. Maultsby, 78 N.C. 176; Dunn v. Clerk's Office, 176 N.C. 51.


Summaries of

Merritt v. Merritt

Superior Court of North Carolina
Oct 1, 1792
2 N.C. 20 (N.C. Super. 1792)
Case details for

Merritt v. Merritt

Case Details

Full title:MERRITT v. MERRITT AND BREHON v. TUTON'S ADMINISTRATOR

Court:Superior Court of North Carolina

Date published: Oct 1, 1792

Citations

2 N.C. 20 (N.C. Super. 1792)

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