Case Name: Hunter, assignee, &c. vs. Hill
Court: North Carolina Superior Court
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1802-10
Citations: 2 Hayw. 223
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hunter, assignee, &c. vs. Hill.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 223–223

Head Matter:
Hunter, assignee, &c. vs. Hill.
'T'fi IS was an action of debt against Kill, as hail of Ashe. Plea in abatement, that he should have been prosecuted by sci.fa. and not by an action of debt. Demurrer and joinder. And after argument,

Opinion:
Johnston, judge,
said the act direc's a schf-t. and it must be followed — meaning the act of 1777, ch. 2, sec. 18.
Judgment the defendant.,