Supreme Court of North Carolina February 18, 1931 (Parker v. . Potter)

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United States · · · 18-02-1931

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Adams, J.

It is a fundamental maxim of the common law tbat no man should take advantage of bis own wrong. Not only is the maxim based on elementary principles; it is firmly embedded in our jurisprudence, and as remarked by Broom, it admits of illustrations from every branch of legal procedure. Legal Maxims, 275. One of these illustrations is given in

Anderson v. Parker,

152 N. C.

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