Case Name: Cyrus Sharp vs. James Murphey
Court: North Carolina Court of Conference
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1804-06
Citations: 1 Cam. & Nor. 521
Docket Number: 
Parties: Cyrus Sharp vs. James Murphey.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 521–522

Head Matter:
Cyrus Sharp vs. James Murphey.
The parties, by an agreement under their hands and seals, covenanted to run a race on the 5th day of March, 1802, between the hours of twelve and three o’clock in the afternoon. Having met at the time, they, by parole, agreed to postpone the running to a later hour; but, in all other respects, to he governed by the articles of the race. The plaintiff brought an action of assumpsit and, on the trial, had a verdict, subject to the opinion of the Court.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Judgment that the verdict be set aside, and a nonsuit entered, on the authority of the act of Assembly.