Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1939

Lamb v. . Smith

Lamb v. . Smith
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided April 19, 1939 · PER CURIAM.
2 S.E.2d 361; 215 N.C. 463; 1939 N.C. LEXIS 292 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Lamb v. . Smith

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, the court below on motion of the defendants, rendered judgment as in case of nonsuit against plaintiff. C. S., 567. In this we can see no error.

After a careful review of the evidence, we think it too vague and indefinite to be construed as a contract or to give plaintiff a cause of action against defendants. What was said as to mutual wills was no contract, but was evidence of an intention performed by neither. There was no meeting of the minds that the one that outlived the other would get the property.

As was said in Brown v. Williams, 196 N. C., 247 (250) : “There is nothing to indicate, in the expressions made by defendant’s testator, any certain or definite promise or contract, either express or implied, to make a testamentary provision in his will in favor of plaintiff. The *465 expressions were not even made to plaintiff, but to otters. It was an appreciation and intention, but not an obligation. Dodson v. McAdams, 96 N. C., 149; Avitt v. Smith, 120 N. C., 392.”

We think the Brown case, supra, similar to the present action. In the judgment we can see no error.

Affirmed.

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