ROYSTER v. HANCOCK

No. 742.

69 S.E.2d 29 (1952)

235 N.C. 110

ROYSTER et al. v. HANCOCK.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 1, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. M. Hicks, Oxford, Ruark & Ruark, and Joseph C. Moore, Jr., all of Raleigh, for plaintiffs appellants.

T. G. Stem, Edward F. Taylor, Oxford, Marshall T. Spears, Durham, and Royster & Royster, Oxford, for defendant appellee.


VALENTINE, Justice.

The only question presented is, did plaintiffs make out a case sufficient to repel defendant's demurrer to the evidence and motion for judgment as of nonsuit? The facts impel an affirmative answer to this question.

The fact that the note in question is under seal raises the presumption of a good and sufficient consideration. Angier v. Howard, 94 N.C. 27; Wester v. Bailey, 118 N.C. 193, 24 S.E. 9; Lentz v. K. B. Johnson & Sons, 207 N...

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