No doubt can be entertained but that dec,!- -*-*■*- sions have been made iu this state, which reject the evidence of a man who is offered as a witness to detract from an instrument himself has given. Here, however, the instrument was given by the wilinest. as an attorney, “ SeimudLandnihj, as attorney f See. is stated in the deed. líe is, therefore, admissible, and is not subject to the rule insisted on.
Executors of Alston v. Jones's heirs, 3 N.C. 298, 2 Hayw. 298 (1804)
April 1804
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North Carolina Superior Court
3 N.C. 298, 2 Hayw. 298
Hillsborough,
April Term, 1804.