Case Name: Smith and others vs. Mallett
Court: North Carolina Superior Court
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1802-05
Citations: 2 Hayw. 182
Docket Number: 
Parties: Smith and others vs. Mallett.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 182–182

Head Matter:
Smith and others vs. Mallett.

Opinion:
JOHNSTON., Judge.
The bill is brought for an account, and r~' the answer states facts from whence it is inferred, and perhaps properly, that the defeudantis not liable to account. There ha* been however a former order to refer to the master to take account, and I will not alter that; for should such a practice be adopted a latter court would always be examining the propriety of what a former court had done. When the report shall be made, and the cause shall come to a hearing, the court will not deejee hija t® pay if they shall deem him not liable to account.