Case Name: MITCHELL versus CLARKE
Court: North Carolina Superior Court
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1790
Citations: 1 Mart. 25
Docket Number: 
Parties: MITCHELL versus CLARKE.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 25–26

Head Matter:
Edenton,
- Term, 17-.
MITCHELL versus CLARKE.
MOTION by Iredell for plaintiff to prove work and labour done, not by the plaintiff himself, but by negroes which the employed: and goods &c, sold and delivered for the use of the defendant, by fundry persons and paid for by the plaintiff, under the book debt act.*
Objected by Mr. Att. Gen. Moore,
that this is neither within the spirit nor letter of the act, because the work was not done by the plaintiff himself, &c.

Opinion:
But, on a long time taken up in discussing the subject, the court overruled the objection, and admitted the plaintiff to swear.