Opinion

Bushnell v. Bertolett

  • 153 N.C. 564
Court
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Filed
Dec 7, 1910
Status
Published
Author
Brown
On the bench
Brown, Clark
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 14.5%

The opinion

Brown, J.

Tbis action is brought for the purpose of charging the estate of the feme defendant with the sum of $330.75 for a breach of contract in refusing to take and pay for a lot of apple trees. Tbe defendant accepted and paid for $40.00 worth of trees and refused to accept and pay for the others. Tbe following is the alleged contract or order for the trees.

Memo, of Apple Trees — Season 1907-8.

800 Delicious apple trees.

600 Stamen winesaps.

600 Grimes golden.

450 Rome Beauties.

5 Jonathan.

5 Senators.

5 Benoni.

5 Livland Raspberry.

5 Jeffries.

(Signed) Mes. J. R. Bebtolett.

Assuming for the sake of argument that the husband consented in writing to the above order, yet the contract is one that *565 cannot be enforced against the feme defendant and bis Honor should have sustained the demurrer.

This is in conformity with a uniform line of decisions many in number beginning with Harris v. Jenkins, 72 N. C., 183 , and ending with Bank v. Benbow, 150 N. C., 782 . Reversed.

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