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The plaintiff is not entitled to the ten per cent, damages under the act of 1796. cap. 22, by reason of the omission of these words.
Anonymous, 1 N.C. 118, 1 Tay. 118 (1799)
April 1799
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North Carolina Superior Court
1 N.C. 118, 1 Tay. 118
Anonymous.
Ten per cent, cannot be claimed under the act of 1796, on a bill which has not the words " for value received."
THIS was an action upon a bill of exchange drawn in this state upon a person resident in Philadelphia, and protested for non-payment : it had the words, “ for value received,” and