East Carolina Lumber Co. v. Whitford

Supreme Court of North Carolina September 23, 1959

East Carolina Lumber Co. v. Whitford, 250 N.C. 687 (N.C. 1959)

110 S.E.2d 282; 1959 N.C. LEXIS 481

Consideration, Higgins, Paricer, Took

Opinion of the Court

PeR CuRiam.

This action was commenced by summons issued August 12, 1958.

While different parties defendant and different lands are involved, plaintiff’s appeal presents the questions decided in Lumber Co. v. Pamlico County, ante, 681, filed simultaneously herewith. On authority thereof, the portion of the judgment sustaining the demurrers is affirmed, but the portion thereof dismissing the action is erroneous and should be stricken therefrom. It is so ordered. As so modified, the judgment is affirmed.

Modified and affirmed.

Paricer, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. Higgins, J., not sitting.

Reference

Full Case Name: EAST CAROLINA LUMBER COMPANY, Incorporated v. IRA E. WHITFORD and wife, SUSAN WHITFORD A. L. WHITFORD and wife, LUCILLE WHITFORD B. O. JONES, Trustee, CRAVEN COUNTY, a body politic and corporate T. D. WARREN, JR., Receiver, and BATES LUMBER COMPANY, Inc.
Cited By: 1 case
Status: Published