Opinion

Batchelor v. Mitchell

  • 238 N.C. 351
  • 78 S.E.2d 240
  • 1953 N.C. LEXIS 558
Court
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Filed
Oct 14, 1953
Status
Published
Author
BarNhill
On the bench
Joiinson, Barnhill
Cited by
9 cases
Authority
More cited than 13.0%

The opinion

BarNhill, J.,

concurring in part and dissenting in part: I concur in the conclusion that the complaint states a cause of action sufficient to repel the demurrer. I am of the opinion, however, that the allegations contained in the complaint in respect to the circumstances under which the deeds from W. J. Batchelor to Mary S. Manning and from Ethel Batchelor to Mary S. Manning were executed are insufficient to constitute allegations of duress, undue influence, or fraud.

The facts which constitute the duress, undue influence, or fraud relied on must be alleged. McIntosh, P. & P., 359; Development Co. v. Bearden, 227 N.C. 124 ; Weaver v. Hampton, 201 N.C. 798 ; Hoggard v. Beaden, 192 N.C. 494 ; Nash v. Hospital Co., 180 N.C. 59 ; Hunsucker v. Winborne, 223 N.C. 650 , and cases cited. This the plaintiffs have failed to do. As to- these instruments, the complaint alleges nothing more than generalities which are mere conclusions. Therefore, to so much of the opinion as relates to those two instruments, I dissent.

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