Supreme Court of North Carolina December 5, 1843 (Deviney v. . Wells)

DaNiel, J.

The act of Assembly (Rev. Stat. c. 65, s. 16) declares, that “ no

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shall be issued out or prosecuted against the bail of any defendant to any writ or action, <fcc., but within four years after the rendition of a final judgment, or the entering of a final decree in the action or suit, to which bail is or shall be given.” Then follow in the act two provisoes.