BESSEMER IMPROVEMENT CO. v. CITY OF GREENSBORO

No. 597.

101 S.E.2d 336 (1958)

247 N.C. 549

BESSEMER IMPROVEMENT COMPANY v. CITY OF GREENSBORO.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan, Wright & Henson, Greensboro, Walser & Brinkley, Lexington, for appellant.

King, Adams, Kleemeier & Hagan, H. J. Elam, III, Greensboro, for appellee.


RODMAN, Justice.

Does the complaint, liberally construed, state facts which suffice to show that plaintiff has been injured by some wrongful act of defendant?

The demurrer cannot be sustained if the complaint states facts which entitle plaintiff to relief of some character, even though not to the extent or in the form asked for or reason asserted.

The complaint in brief alleges: Plaintiff is and was, prior to 29 October 1948, the owner of a tract of...

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