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  "name": "L. L. REAMS v. W. C. HIGHT et al.",
  "name_abbreviation": "Reams v. Hight",
  "decision_date": "1931-12-16",
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  "first_page": "797",
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    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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    "parties": [
      "L. L. REAMS v. W. C. HIGHT et al."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Pee Cueiam.\nIn the absence of the evidence taken before the referee, and upon which the judge of the Superior Court based his rulings, we cannot say that there was error in the trial. It is not contended that the evidence is insufficient to support the findings and the verdict. The presumption is otherwise.\nAffirmed.",
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        "author": "Pee Cueiam."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Parker & Allsbrook for plaintiff.",
      "Perry & Kittrell and R. S. McGoin for defendant."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "L. L. REAMS v. W. C. HIGHT et al.\n(Filed 16 December, 1931.)\nAppeal and Error .1 d \u2014 Where record does not set out evidence upon which court directed a verdict his ruling will not he held for error.\nWhere an action has been referred to a referee and the parties agree that the trial judge may give a directed verdict on the evidence taken before the referee, the instructions accordingly given will not be held for error when the evidence upon which this ruling is based does not appear of record, the presumption being as to the correctness of the instructions.\nAppeal by defendant, W. C. Hight, from Oranmer, J., at March Term, 1931, of YaNCE.\nCivil action for an accounting and to restrain the defendants from foreclosing deed of trust.\nA reference was ordered and the matter heard by Hon. A. W. Graham, Jr., who found the facts and reported the same, together with his conclusions of law, to the court.\nUpon exceptions duly filed and issues tendered, the matter came on for hearing at the March Term, 1931, Yance Superior Court, when it was agreed by counsel \u201cthat the court might hear the argument in the case, and then directed the jury as a matter of law,\u201d which was done.\nThe court\u2019s directions or instructions to the jury are based upon the evidence, none of which is incorporated in the record on appeal.\nFrom a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant, W. C. Hight, appeals, assigning errors.\nParker & Allsbrook for plaintiff.\nPerry & Kittrell and R. S. McGoin for defendant."
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