McCormick v. . Jackson
Cases that cite this one
4 later published cases cite this decision.
- Braun v. Glade Valley School, Inc. (N.C. Ct. App. 1985)
- Johnson v. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance (N.C. 1980)
- Lester v. McLean (N.C. 1955)
- Global Hookah Distributors, Inc. v. Avior, Inc. (District Court, W.D. North Carolina 2019)
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Opinion of the Court
Promissory representations, looking to the future, such as to what an agent or optionee can do with property, how much he can make on it, or what he can gain by handling it, are not generally regarded as fraudulent in law. Nat. Cash Reg. Co. v. Townsend, 137 N. C., 652, 50 S. E., 360, 70 L. R. A., 349; Williamson v. Holt, 147 N. C., 515, 61 S. E., 384, 17 L. R. A. (N. S.), 240; 15 R. C. L., 252-253. Compare Kamm v. Flink, 113 N. J. L., 582, 175 Atl., 62, 99 A. L. R., 1, and note.
The allegations of the present complaint seem to fall within this principle.
While, of course, the statute of limitations is not raised by the demurrer, it is observed that plaintiffs have waited more than three years after the discovery of the alleged fraud to bring their action. C. S., 441, subsec. 9.
Affirmed.
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