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  "id": 8694746,
  "name": "MOTT v. RAMSAY",
  "name_abbreviation": "Mott v. Ramsay",
  "decision_date": "1884-02",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "372",
  "last_page": "373",
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      "cite": "90 N.C. 372"
    }
  ],
  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 5,
    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
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  "last_updated": "2023-07-14T20:11:38.032493+00:00",
  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
  },
  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "MOTT v. RAMSAY."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Ashe, J.\nSince the opinion was filed in this case, dismissing the appeal [reported ante, 29], the defendant has filed affidavits satisfactorily showing that so far from having been guilty of laches in perfecting his appeal, he used all possible diligence in his endeavors to have it perfected, but failed to do so in conse-cpience of the illness of his attorney.\nBeing of the opinion that his neglect was entirely excusable, the judgment rendered in the ease at this term is set aside, and the case will stand upon the docket as if no judgment had been rendered.\nJudgment accordingly.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Ashe, J."
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    ],
    "attorneys": [],
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    "head_matter": "MOTT v. RAMSAY.\nExcusable Negligence.\nThe sickness of an attorney is a sufficient excuse for want of diligence in perfecting an appeal."
  },
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