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LTS OF -NORTH -CAROLINA.
- paswd at the Session f 1836'37.
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No.
LXVH.
An Act concerning Court of Equity,
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f rnUsmners c'
of taking su
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P.immsSSIons l h.-'uiiuiij limy issue uirrcicu in ny
I tne peace, who bush nave hi me powers oi corn
chancery; and the rules of proceedings in all ca-
ma nl taKITl!! anvil vu"'t ... wvvwiiuiiuiwib iv iiic tHciti-
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d of proceeding nereioiore ooserveu in me courts 01 cnancery
;n . tliirfitate. provided no puch testomony shall be taken until
"7ns3rrt-Hwajlay notice of the time ndplaejttJAliagih4
ame be given to tne opposite party, unless me court lor sum
ti.nt reasons, should app dnt any other limited time for the
notice, which they may 1" in all cases, either by enlarging or
shortening the time hereby appointed for taking Buch testimo
ny, as (h cae may require,
Commissiona may also issue to any justice or justices.ofj
the peace t. take tlie plea, answer, or demurer of a defendant,
,i ccu4tonieditt cast's in chancery with respect to commis
sfojers of chancery j and the said justice or justices shallliave
all tire power ot such commissioners tor that purpose.
Any one Judge of Ore court.or Judge of the Supreme Court,
tiny in the vacation, if it shall be necessary, grant such com
nrisons at are ab:ve mentioned, or may himself examine tes
timony, or take thVplea, answer, or demujrerpXtfxB .defclidAnV
laid suit, appear in said court and petition to be heard with res termine the cause; provided, that when the sheriff, constable
pect to ine matter or tech decree; and suih proceedings, depr other officer shall have committed any defendant to jail
tree and execution tmr. be had thereon thei miSr have 'fnmaaid. it Vli ! iKj .tut r n-i :...,.. i;
been in case the jMwetdingt hft brew then
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ii nu ivrmcr uti.ct r irucrcuii gi mu ocrn io tne same rausr. snau appoint a uay lor the trial, and nutice t the time of such
pendin in any
each court, on sulucient cause shewn by aflidirif, reodnirg
sucn a removal necessary lor tne purposes or justice, to order
the saiL-cause, before a hearing, to be removed into the Su
preme Court: Provided, that such removal shall not be per
sttH Hit to the, control und further order f Hie t court ;anttr'
ni ne exeat shill issue where sufficient bail li:u been taken for
li nartv'a annenrance.
It srailhitle'duty'oriKe sanTcodrt fooTrecf tKeTniif olj
such issues as to the court may appear necessary, according to
the rules and practice in chancery in such cases. Uosts shall
be paid r either party, at the discretion of the court. The
court mir, at anytime during the dependence f the suit, re
nu're furthM-security from a defendant, or, on failure thereof,
make use nf such personal process as was formally used by the
court of chancery held it this State, and deemed incident to
the-- chanter r -jurisdiction and the court shall, in a 14 cases,
have, power to order such process, to enforce their sentences
i ami decrets, as have usually belonged to courts of chancery.
Skc. 5. It shall be the duty of the several sheriffs in this
State to serve all notices, issuing from clerks and masters in
rquityio parties con
and lor neglect or lailure to do toe saraerwey siiaii oe subject
To the ssfme pcriattTesl
in serving other process issuing to them
SEoTna alt cases 1ierc llecreesshatl be made in any
suit id rq'ii'y, for any sum or sums of money, it shall and mj
be lawful farTxerutinn to isue thereon sc$t the defendant'
body, or against hit goods and chattels, lands and tenements; fp
satikfy such decree and costs, in the same manner as execution
mry r shall Issue at law; and lands and lenemenrs, good and
Chattels shall be bund by-uch Tdccree andierlBtion, in ihe
same manner as lands and tenements, goods and chattels are by
judgments and executions at law." : r
Sec 7 ; Whenever any suit shall be brought in any of said
- --.-' in rouiiv. in which seruritf shall be aiven Tor the prose
cution fhmot. ana a uecree sna'ii be cnte4 T
plaintiff fc the costs of the delenuaoi n ....icnoants, it shall be
the duty of the court, -upti -fnMttn- of the ttefn4inValo to
make a decree for said costs against the secuiiiy fr the prose
cu'ion; whereupon execution shall issue jointly against said plain
tiffj od sec arliUivl-i; Tc.-,rrr 1 ? , , i '..
Sec. 8 Where the defendant or defendants in any cae
nowde pending r hereafter to depfvd.-in-any fthe Courts of
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Equity within this State, ahall die aflfr the service f a copyo!
the co nplatnint's bill and subpoena, it Khali and my be lafuk
on tugsiinnr the death of such defendant or df tendinis, to is
ue a tdre facia ajainst the lejil representatives of, such de
ceis d person or persons, in the same manner, and under Ihe
sime"1utes7"rf gal ationsand restrietion; as are oed in suits at
common lw; and service of much writ, on the I'sl represents'
tivet. shall be as alTeclual and valid to revive and tarry on such
suit, as if a bill of revivor had been filed against them, and they
served with a copy thereof. -
Skc, 9. Whenever a party cqmpTainintjriiny iuit jn qoi
ty, shall !u alter Tiling the bin, it sliail and iny be lawlul lor
-the ieai representatives. el such deceaed!person to carry on
.such suit, provided application to that tftect be made by such
or before the second term alter the decease of such party, and
not thereaiter. ' i
. Sc.; 10, " No bill, anwer, or other paper or proceedinjr in
any suit in any court of Lquiiy in this StaltMOterlocotory de
rtecrees excepted) shall be enroled ant'd the -cause is finally
becree'd on. and then only upon motion by t"pirty to take
denefit by such decree; and the court shall have power, and are
erbvireeteiJMo ajodft.adueto
and may 4e-elled 4onsuit on moiion-as-aforeaid.
Sbo. 11. No injunction commandinr the stay ofan exera
tionontainida4.AnyjouxlJiLlbuJslAff
act'cin of deli- shall be granted by the Judges or any of them
for any biVr or greater sum than what the complainant or rdm
pUinant shall, on oath, declare to he just, and not until such
complainant or complainants shall Inter into bond, with suffi-
1 cient security, before the. matter of the court of equity uhe'nre
' Vhe injunction is ue. for the payment info court of the turn
tcompiaineu oi, anil an com upun uie uitsuiuuun ui me
junction-:.i.--i;','.-A ;"-";' :'- ;;;'.-" fr,f'- j
I Seo 1 2 No Hijunction to stay an execution shall Usue but
within fuur months after the judgment at law is obtained, nr.-
ten it shall appear, from the oath of ihe compKinant or com
plainants, to the Judge before whom application i made lr an
injunction, that such application has been delayed in rone-
'nu,nr lhl TriUlt Or fjU nrO'nia nf ila ntsinl'ilf ' law"
or unless it shall appear, on oath, lhat the said complainant or
complainants was or were out of the State at the time of enter
ing up judgment, so that application could pot be made within
theitmfoTessidT'"", ' ' ' "T" . -.-
See. 13 In all cases where bnds are fciven on ohtaininj
an injunction, upon the dissolving i-f the injunction, said boid
hall be proceeded on in the same manner, and underlhe same
-ules, reuliti tn and restrictions that bondgiven upon appeals
rom the county to the Superior Courts are proceeded on.
I Sec. 14. N injunction, bill or other process in equity, re
iquiring a s'ay of any execution obtained against a citizen or
icitizrot, on the pirt of the State, shall be eranted bv the Jode
thereof, or anv of thm, until the complainant or complainants
ahall first produe? a receipt from the public Treasurer, or other
public officer; ihewing tha acluil piyment and dicla'g in fall
of all such part of the judgment ob'amcd,' authorised to give
the same as aforesaid, as he or they, by their bill of co npltiot,
shall not. On oath, declare ia unjost. 1
oeo. I J. lar any of- the Courts of Equity,. wVre soy ol toe
patties defendant is an Infant or person non tompot. and reide
put f this State, having to fuardian rrsidipg within the Stale,
t ht be lawful for the said courts to appoint a euardian to
foch infan or person non compos to defend his or her tntrr-l
m the so'a to which he or ah mi v be defendant! ' Ptov'ulrd n
rrlhtle$$, that the said infant or penon non compos, may,' at
V tiwe within three yean after tha decree ahall be mad io
as
ate
seedtngt haVbee it then iiewtf begu n; nras
r proCeedii rs had been io the same cause, 'shall anDoint a dav for the trial, and mitir fth tim r i
Sr.c, 16. In any case which now is, or hereafter mav be.' trial shall bo riven and served nn the'ntaintifrhv th nlliw wU
voartf Equity it shall and-wiay. bo lawful Wfgrved the rry-.
Seo. 9. All bail taken according to the' directions of this
act, shall be liable to the recovery of the plalntiHV but the
piainin. auer nnai juument, snaii.not tafce out execution
aminst the bail until an execution no-ainat lU twi.1. i i .1.
milled until such cause shall have ben set down for hearings fendant ba first returned by the aherin", constable or other ofR-
nor snaii any paro. evioence oe receivea in tne isuprcme Uour', Cer, that tha defendant is not round in bis county, and not on
either before the Judges thereof or the jury hom ihey n. ay til a notice, in writing, Usa d against the bail by the justice
caase be pannclled for the trial. of Jiiyiutaf fjcliWAaaan itt t)tg Pr..r. iiwstrtr4iwth.inTn,
eepTWnesscs to prove exhibits on other documents. made known to the bail; aod after the return of such execution
'Sec. IT. No bill of review or a petition for a re heari 12 ! Tains.' (hi nrinrirvii nnil nnfto utrAifiat llia ail Avwpur'.nn mat
shall lie or be allowed upon a final decree, in any of the Courts against the principal and bail. Miny of them, or any ol
""i-".' v, ........ i hi ti ancr -vni meir estates, unless the toaii unaii make it appear that the prin-
decree shalllhate been msde. and not after; saving neveriheles,i c;paj isdead, or that the judgment lias been satisfied; nr un-
r,K'" ui iini. c corcrw inu person wr. cvmpoi mm- jess tne oail shall surrender the princinat at or before the re-
turn ot sucn notice to tno omcer who scrvod the notice; in
which latter case the jttstire shall mm mir Ihe niincipnt to" Ihe
jn oi nis county, until ue snan saiisij tnp jmigmcnT and rosti
fit, so that they avail themelves ot the benefit nf the writ of
error or bill ol review within three years alter their disabilities
shall have been removed.
Ralified 4th January, 183r. .
LfictitfrD -Statute!
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'SnA'cFtJoncertn'n
lie it tnadei lu the General AisimWu of the Stn!e of
North Carolina, and it it hereby enacted by the authority of
iiMme.TtaAkeverxiirmnra
before entering upon and executing; the said f fiice, sha'l, wuhin
(we've month thereafter, and not after that time, unless re ap
pointed. puSliclj," in the Court IIoue of his county on. a court
day, take the oaths appointed, or which shall be appointed, by the
General assembly for the qualification of public officers, and also
ai oith of oliii-e. And it any person shall presume to i xerute the
office of a justice of the peace, without first qualifying himelf in
te manner by this act required, lie shall, for every such o lien re
forfeitaml pay the sum of two hundred dollars, one ha'f thereof
to ihe county, the other nail to the perionfurng Tortnesamf-to
be recovered with cost, by action or deb', in any court of record
within this State, where the same is cognizable.
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meeF e Shrrift-rWrCeir
Jul J.'7...,Vf.yHiUJt a.l.t3.;s-iM a; wi tit-, t noiii j , oiiuii vuir
nr sit on' the bench at toe election 01 such onicer. ,; And if any
Seo. 10. Such bait shall, at any time before linn! iitdrment
had against him, have fujl power and authority to arrest the
body of hi?'ptr5ncipal and secure him, until he shall have an
opportunity of snrreodering him in discharge of himself to the
officer who made the arrest or crved the notice t and surh ofTi-
eer4a hereby tjtttret 0 ffWTe'aeh'ij'fpE
Wwlwa.itnt
Sko. 1 1.' Whea any judgment is civen by a sinsleTntcis
trate, it shall Ui ia-his power or that of any other jusflce of
me peace, 10 awarw cxecuftotv against tne goons ami chattels,
land and4nws
shall be executed and rMui ned by the sheriff", constable or other
lawful officer to whom the same miy be. directed , in the same
manner as other writs of fieri fachtn, or capiat a I nli facien dum,
are to be executed and returned: Provided altrau. th.it
where a judgment shall bo given by a justice of the peace as
aloresa.d, execution thereon shall be stayed in the following
manner, viz: For all sums not exceeding four dollars, twenty
days; for all sums above four dollars, and not exceeding ten
I dollars, sixty days; tor all sums above ten dollars, and not
axceeuing twenty uouars, one nunureu and twenty days; and
for all sums abov twenty dollars,, six months. .; And for the
true ami faitfiful payment thereof, with interest and costs, the
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justice of the piace shall sit on. Ihe bench or vote in such election
hts -vote salt not be counter), and lie shall lorleit and pay, Toi
every such offence, the mm of one hundred dollars, to b rcco
vered by action nf debt, one half fb the peron , suing for the
same, and ihe other halt to the use of tiyejfounly
' Sec. 3. When any justice of the peace hi th or shall remove
himself out. of. the fiountt for which he is or shall be appntq red,
and shall not return within twelve months to reside, therein,
his appointment shall be void: And it shall not be lawful for
such justice to act as a justice of (he peace unless re-appoint
ed by the General Assembly, under u penalty of one hundred
doltars fof every such illegal act, to be recovered by action of
MOlTiIini7oMnt7J.of tilo5ount3r olUer ? o
Sro-4 - AH justices of the peace shall, within their respec
tive counties, have full power and authority to maintain, keep
and preserve the peace, solemnize the rites of matrimony, and
i9se necessary:
other contracts coming within their jurisdiction. . f" , , , ,
SEur 5r-No tustrcror ttirwace nti practise is an attor
ney in the Courts of Pleat and Quarter Sessionsfkejcouhty
for which he is such justice i nor shall he be appointed, of act
as clerk or deputy thereof, or as sheriff or deputy sheriff, con
stable or county trustee, or jailor, within his county. T And if
any justice shall accept any ot such appointments, he thai
thereby vacate hia office flisuuh, justice,vAnd if he shall, after
the acceptance of any such appointment, act as a justice, with
out a re-appointment by the .General Assembly, he shall, for
every such act, forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars.
to be recovered in any court naving cognizance mereoi, tn we
name of the wardens ot the poor 01 such county, to De ly tuera
applied to the use ot the poor, , , : '
' Sec. 6. All debts and demands due on. bonds, note's and
liautdated accounts, when said accounts shall be stated in wri
ting, and aigned by the party from whom the same shall be
due, when the principal does not exceed one hundred dollars,
although the principal and interest together may exceed that
sum; and alt debts and demands of sixty dollars and under,
for a bal an ce, d ue on any special cont rar t, note or a sreemcnt,
or for .goods, wares and merchandise, sold and delivered, or
for work 'or labor done, or for specific articles, ' whether due
by obligation, note or assumpsit, or for any judgment which
may nav beea graftted
lion nave issueu mereon wuiun iweic mniitiiB, nr lor inj ior-
feitufes or penalty incurred by any -act of the General Assent
bly, shall be cognizable and etenniBable bf any one justice
of the peace out or court. , : .. , j .,
Stc. 7. All warrants issued br a justice of the peace, shall
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be made returnaoie on or oetorc iniriy uays irotn . ine oate
thercot, Sundays excepted, anu not aner; ami wnen issuea a-
gainst any person, executors and administrators, female debt
ors excepted, shall rommand the aheriflT, constable or other of
ficer to take the body of the person therein irentioned as defen
dant, if to be found in his county, to answer the complaint of
the plaintiff in such warrant, before some justice or his county;
and: such officer, when required by the plaintiff, shall take
bond,' with sufficient security, of the party arrested, in double
the sum for which such person shall be held in arrest, (which
sum and how due shall be expressed in the warrant. J condi-
tioned for his appearance at a certain time and place therein
to DO Bpe.cuieu, oeiore some justice 01 toe couniy wncre inc
warrant issued; which bond shall be assigned by such officer
to the plaintiff, and returned with the warrant, and shall be
fileil by trte-justke that-shall-try the-warraiit-with-the other
papers in the suit; and in case tlie sheriff, constable or other
officer shall fail or neglect to take such bond, with security as
aforesaid, he shall be held and deemed special bail, and the
plaintiff may proceed to judgment against him according to
the rules hereinafter prescribed. , - .
' . Sec. 8. AVhen any sheriff, constable or other'officer shall
serve a warrant on any person or persons, who shall tefase to
give bond and security for his or iter appearance as aforesaid,
such offirer is hereby required to commit such person or per
sons to the jail of his county, in order that he may have such
person or 'persona forth coming at the day appointed' for trial;
and it shall be the duty of such officer to produce his prisoner
at such trial; and all warrants, whether by summons, arrest or
attachment, ahall be heard or determined on the day appointed
by the officer serving the warrant at aforesaid, vekh day shall
be on or before the return day set forth in the warrant, unless
the justice shall, fur good reasons, put off the trial to some oth
er day at his discretion. And in case the plaintiff shall fail to
attend or prosecute his suit on the day appointed as aforesaid,
the defendant appearing shall be discharged; and it is hereby
declared to be the duty of the officer serving a warrant, to no
tify the plaintiff of the time and place appointed to try and de-
eat-secuniyi-aod thttckntw!ilirmeftt -f-stteh-eerit
entered by, the Justice; and sinned by the oartw shall bet oftV
cient to bind him;".atld irtlie judgtnent shall not be Jischare I
at the time to which the execution has been stayed, then it shall
be lawful forthe justice who has possession of thejjtidrm'-nt. to
isue execution' ns aforesaid against the principal and secuiiiy.
fKC.; is.."- "lien- any warrant shall be granted on tTorme;
j udgiflgnt r on the 1 rial of su c Irwifra afrilie f a iner i u dzTn en f
shall be evidence.of the debt; subject to such dedm lions a the
derendant may make apwar to liavtt' been paid; andv if fudg
ment in such cdsc panses against the defendant, he shall nol
be entitled to any. stay on the same, t f 'r;t r vB rrs
i Sk?) 1 3. n lrry justice of the peace, before whom a war-
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rant is nrought for trial, shall1 have lull power and authority,
nine or continue for trial the same: Prodded such continuance
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shall be lawful for any justice nf lh peace Jo act on said pust-
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eo irv tiefli-oir -tne mat ot a ctvtt warranr, inresTi
mony of a witness not resident within Jhe countv ttliere.tlie
same is pending, ia required by either part yr the deposition nf
said witness, taken by a single magistrate of the county where
jhe witness may be, upon reasonable notice to the adverse par
tX of the time and place of taking the same, shall be read in
evidence; and the injgiitrate, if the deposition is taken within
tins State, shall havo jMJwer to issue a sutniuons to coniptl. the
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, ,Skc. $. AVhenever a judgment shall be given in the ab
sence of either plaintiff or defendant, by any justice of the
peace, whethercxectHuin liath been issued or not, on applica
tion of such absent parly, ,his or her ag 'nt or attorney;., within
ten days after, the date of sa d judgment, to the justice who
awarded the samp, on sufllciontcause shown on oath or affirm
alion, why he, he or they could not attend the day of trial, it
shall be the datj of the said justice io issue his order to the
plaintiff, defendant or officer as the case may ..require; in pov
session ot the papers relative to the suit, to forbear any further
proceedings thereon, and immediately to brinz the same -Jjefore
him or some other justice for re-r onside ration-, jrorWerfthatthe
applicant shall give sufficient security Tortus appearances It
shall also be the duty ot the justice aforesaid to issue his sum
mons, directed to some proper
their-witfl8ser to -ppear 4eu
such time and place, not
propcrwUerellie case,suall.unUers;i
be subject to the same
on; and the officer to w
receive for his trouble in
is entitled to for summon!
party at whose Instance it issued
; seo. io. '-aii executions issueu uy a justice ot tne. peace,
against the estate of any person or persons, shall be made re
turnable in three months from the date thereof, and shall hi di
rected to tlie sheriff, constable or other lawful officer, Com
manding .him that of the goods and chattels of the party rant,
he make such sum or sumi of money therein mentioned,. or for
want of such goods and chattels to satisfy laid execution, then
lie levy on the lands and tenements of such person or persons,
and make return thereof to the justice who issued the same.
setting forth on the execution the money he has made of good
and chattels, and what lands and tenements he has levietLnn,
where situate, on what water course, and whose land it is aiU
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turn such execution, with all other papers on which the judg
ment was civen, to the next court to be held for his county;
which land shall, by order of said court,- bo sold by the slienT
a a.t m i tv a a .
ot said county, or so much mereoi as snail ue suuicieni in sat
iify said judgment, in the same manner as real property is sold
by writs of fieri facias or venditioni exponas issuing from :ich
court; and the clerk of the court where such papers are return
ad, ahall, in a well bound book kept for that purpose, record (he
whole of the papers and proceedings had before the justice;
and when any execution shall be returned to a justice not fully
ratisfied and discharged, it shall be . lawful for any jutice of
the peace for said county to issue another execution for the sum
so remaining due on the former execution. . "
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