Case Name: The executors of Alston vs. Jones's heirs
Court: North Carolina Superior Court
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1804-04
Citations: 2 Hayw. 298
Docket Number: 
Parties: The executors of Alston vs. Jones's heirs.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 298–298

Head Matter:
Hillsborough,
April Term, 1804.
The executors of Alston vs. Jones's heirs.

Opinion:
Ttf'CAr, Judge.
No doubt can be entertained but that dec,!- -*-**- sions have been made iu this state, which reject the evidence of a man who is offered as a witness to detract from an instrument himself has given. Here, however, the instrument was given by the wilinest. as an attorney, " SeimudLandnihj, as attorney f See. is stated in the deed. líe is, therefore, admissible, and is not subject to the rule insisted on.