DILLS v. CORNWELL

No. 23.

78 S.E.2d 167 (1953)

238 N.C. 435

DILLS v. CORNWELL et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 21, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Hall and Orville D. Coward, Slyva, for plaintiff appellee.

Stillwell & Stillwell, Sylva, Howard H. Hubbard, Clinton, for defendants appellants.


WINBORNE, Justice.

Decisions of this Court hold that "in the absence of some express or implied gratuity, usually arising out of family relationship or mutual interdependence, services rendered by one person to or for another, which are knowingly and voluntarily received, are presumed to be given and accepted in expectation of being paid for, and the law will imply a promise to pay what they are reasonably worth." See Ray v. Robinson, 216 N.C. 430, 5 S.E.2d 127, 128...

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