Morris v. Stokes , 1 N.C. 20 ( 1789 )

THIS was a default and enquiry. The court ruled that evidence might be given of the difference of exchange between this country and Philadelphia, and in the charge (as bills had not been usually drawn in Edenton, and no one knew the exchange the court said to the Jury that they might discover the exchange by attending to the value of hard money in this country, and knowing what dollars passed at in Philadelphia,

Spencer, J. and Williams, J. present.