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Poteat v. . Badget
20 N.C. 349
N.C.
1838
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We approve of the opinion expressed by his Honor. The offer of the defendant, unless accepted by the plaintiff, was in no way obligatory. Neither was it an admission of the fact that the (350) defendant owed the sum of fifty dollars. In all fairness it must be understood with reference to the subject-matter before the parties, which was an attempt to adjust a disputed claim. It was a proposition whether that claim were well or ill-founded, to pay a specific sum as the price of peace. As the plaintiff did not accede to the proposition the rights of the parties remained precisely as they were before the proposition was made. The judgment is affirmed.

PER CURIAM. Judgment affirmed.

Cited: Hughes v. Boone, 102 N.C. 162.

Case Details

Case Name: Poteat v. . Badget
Court Name: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Date Published: Jun 5, 1838
Citation: 20 N.C. 349
Court Abbreviation: N.C.
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