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  "id": 11276278,
  "name": "ESLEY RHYNE, Ex'r., &c. v. G. W. WACASER and others",
  "name_abbreviation": "Rhyne v. Wacaser",
  "decision_date": "1868-06",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "36",
  "last_page": "37",
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      "cite": "63 N.C. 36"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
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    "parties": [
      "ESLEY RHYNE, Ex\u2019r., &c. v. G. W. WACASER and others."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Reade, J.\nThere can be no doubt that Debt is the proper action upon the bond declared on, if the plaintiff seeks to recover only the amount mentioned in the, bond, to wit, $1,108.50. If he had sought to recover that, and a further .sum as the equivalent of specie in currency, because of its depreciation, whether Covenant would not have been the proper action, is not necessary to decide; as it appears that the sum recovered was the nominal amount of the bond.\nLet judgment be entered here for the nominal amount of the bond, with interest.\n.Per Curiam. There is no error.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Reade, J."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Bynum, for the appellants.",
      "Bragg, contra."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "ESLEY RHYNE, Ex\u2019r., &c. v. G. W. WACASER and others.\nDebt is the proper form of action upon a bond for the payment of a specified sum of money \u201c in specie or its equivalent,\u201d where the plaintiff seeks to recover only the sum specified.\nDebt, tried before Little*J., at the Spring Term 1868, of the Superior Court of Lincoln.\nThe plaintiff sued upon a bond, executed to bis testator by the defendants, for the payment of $1,103.50, \u201cin specie or its equivalent.\u201d\nThe defendants moved to non-suit the plaintiff, on the ground that the action should have been covenant. His Honor refused to non-suit. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants.\nBynum, for the appellants.\nBragg, contra."
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  "last_page_order": 53
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