Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1876

Edwards v. . Kearsey

Edwards v. . Kearsey
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided June 5, 1876 · READE, J.
75 N.C. 409

Counsel

Batchelor and Haywood for appellant . Hargrove and Bledsoe contra .

Edwards v. . Kearsey

Opinion of the Court

Hill v. Kesler, 63 N.C. 437, governs this case and sustains his Honor's ruling.

Gunn v. Barry, 82 U.S. 610, relates to the exemption laws of Georgia, where the disparity between former and present exemptions is "striking," and affords self-evidence of conflict with the Constitution of the United States, which forbids laws which impair the obligation of contracts. Whereas there is no belligerency between our former and present exemptions, but they are in peaceful conformity. Garrett v. Cheshire, 69 N.C. 396.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed.

Cited: Lowdermilk v. Corpening, 92 N.C. 336; Hughes v. Hodges,102 N.C. 242.

NOTE. — The above ruling was reversed on writ of error to U.S. Supreme Court. Hill v. Kessler, 96 U.S. 595. See 79 N.C. 664.

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